Yesterday, MediaTek announced that it is scheduling a launch event in China on 18th May to launch a new Dimensity series processor. While the company has not revealed which chipset is it, there are reports suggesting it to be Dimensity 800 Plus.
However, as per the latest report, the MediaTek Dimensity 800 Plus has now been renamed to MediaTek Dimensity 820. It has als been revealed that the chipset will be running at a maximum clock speed on 2.6GHz.
As per the report, there will be three engineering schemes for this upcoming 5G-compatible mobile processor, which will be impacting the operating frequency of the chipset — 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, and 2.6GHz.
Since the chipset will be called Dimensity 820, it will be better in terms of performance and features offers compared to the MediaTek Dimensity 800. But to know more about it, we’ll have to wait for the official launch.
The Dimensity 800, which was launched earlier this year, is a 7nm octa-core processor that comprises of four Cortex A76 cores clocking at 2.0GHz and four Cortex A55 cores working at 2.0GHz. For graphics, it is equipped with Mali-G77MC4 and also comes with its own HyperEngine gaming technology for enhanced gaming experience.
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It has support for Full HD+ screen resolution with up to 90Hz refresh rate. As for the memory, it can support up to 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM. The chipset supports voice and data over 5G and is built for global sub-6GHz 5G networks and promises up to 3.5Gbps download speeds and up to 1.25Gbps upload speeds.
A few days ago, the company launched Dimensity 1000+ SoC which comes with supports up to 144Hz refresh rate, MiraVision Enhanced HDR10+, and AI-PQ for real-time dynamic adjustment of contrast, color, sharpness and color levels of 4K videos.
It also comes with 5G UltraSave Technology and HyperEnging 2.0 for enhanced gaming performance. The upcoming iQOO Z1 5G, which is set to launch on 19th May, will be the first smartphone to be powered by this premium chipset.
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