MediaTek’s re-emergence in the mobile chip segment has coincided with the launch of its Dimensity chipsets that incorporate 5G connectivity with affordability and high-performance. This week has seen the launch of the new Dimensity 810 and 920 processors that are manufactured on a 6nm process and bring increased performance and support for new hardware.
Dimensity 810
Besides dual 5G standalone SIMs, the Dimensity 810 supports 120Hz displays at FHD+ resolution (2540 x 1080), 64MP camera sensors, Bluetooth 5.1, UFS 2.2 storage, and WiFi 5. In technical terms, the Dimensity 810 features a quartet of ARM Cortex-A76 cores that are accompanied by 4 ARM Cortex-A55 cores.
- Faster Performance: Arm Cortex-A76 processors now support up to 2.4GHz in its octa-core CPU.
- Faster Displays: Mainstream 5G smartphones can now benefit from 120Hz displays for an ultra-smooth user experience.
- Incredible Cameras: Supports advanced noise reduction techniques (MFNR & MCTF) for excellent low-light capture, and supports up to 64MP cameras.
- High-end AI-Camera Features: Enables stunning camera experiences like AI-Bokeh and artistic AI-Color in collaboration with Arcsoft.
- Smooth Gaming: Supports MediaTek’s HyperEngine 2.0 gaming technologies with an intelligent resource management engine and advanced networking engine.
Dimensity 920
The Dimensity 920 is a more powerful beast sporting a pair of ARM Cortex-A78 cores and six ARM Cortex-A55 cores, along with a quad-core Mali-G68 GPU to handle the graphics. Features such as UFS 3.1 storage, LPDDR5 memory, Bluetooth 5.2, WiFi 6, multi-GNSS, and dual 5G SIMs are supported, as are camera sensors with up to 108MP. 120Hz displays with up to FHD+ resolution are also supported. In terms of pure power, MediaTek says that the Dimensity 920 has a 9% performance boost over the Dimensity 900.
- MediaTek Smart Adaptive Displays: Adjusts the display refresh rate according to the game or UI action detected, raising it during periods of intense action to improve user experiences, and then lowering it to improve power efficiency.
- 4K Video Capture Hardware Engine: Integrates a flagship-class, HDR-native image signal processor (ISP) and incorporates a unique hardware-accelerated 4K HDR video recording engine supporting up to four concurrent cameras and up to 108MP sensors.
- Boosted Performance: With the Arm Cortex-A78 processors in the octa-core CPU that can reach 2.5GHz clock speeds, along the latest LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 storage, the Dimensity 920 maximizes performance.
- Advanced Connectivity: Supports dual 5G SIM, dual VoNR, up to 2CC carrier aggregation, MediaTek 5G UltraSave power efficiency suite and 5G SA/NSA networking, 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, Bluetooth 5.2 and multi-GNSS.
- Smooth Gaming: Supports MediaTek HyperEngine 3.0 with 5G call and data concurrency, plus connection enhancements for high-speed rail and ‘Super Hotspot’ technology.
It’s believed that we’ll see the first handsets running the new chipsets sometime during Q3, which is basicall between now and the end of September.
