MediaTek has announced its latest flagship processor – the Dimensity 9200 as expected today. The powerhouse chipset comes with several industry-first features. The SoC will power flagship smartphones and it is said to offer extreme performance and intelligent power efficiency. Read on to know all the details about the Dimensity 9200 SoC.
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 processor specifications
The MediaTek Dimensity 9200 is based on TSMC’s second-generation 4nm process that offers better heat dissipation. The company says that the CPU peak performance power consumption is reduced by 25 percent compared to its predecessor. The Dimensity 9200 is also the first to integrate an ARM Cortex-X3 prime core clocked at 3.05GHz based on ARMv9 architecture. There are also three ARM Cortex-A715 cores ticking at 2.85GHz and four Cortex-A510 cores at 1.8GHz. The SoC also includes the new ARM Immortalis -G715 GPU with a hardware-based ray tracing engine and variable rate rendering technology. The chipset scores 1.26 million points on AnTuTu benchmarking platform surpassing all Android flagships.
Apart from the aforementioned technical specifications of the Dimensity 9200, it supports LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 4.0 storage. It also supports up to two 5K resolution displays at 60Hz, WHQD at 144Hz, and FHD at 240Hz. The Miravision 980 display technology is said to bring content to life. The processor includes sixth-generation AI NPU (APU 900) that offers 35 percent improvements over its predecessor. The SoC is claimed to offer 30 percent power savings with AI-NR and 45 percent with AI-SR in all visual applications. The Dimensity 9200 features Imagiq 890 ISP that brings native support for RGBW sensors that are capable of shooting RAW quickly, giving 30 percent more light, sharper and brighter low-light HDR videos and photos.
The Dimensity 9200 is the first WiFi-7-ready smartphone processor. It also integrates a built-in 5G modem with support for both sub-6GHz and mmWave connections.
MediaTek Dimensity 9200: compatible phones and launch timelines
The first MediaTek Dimensity 9200-powered phones are expected to launch by the end of 2022, which is less than two months from now. At the event, Vivo confirmed that it would launch a flagship phone with the latest MediaTek processor. Although the smartphone’s name remains a mystery, we expect it to be the X90 series. OPPO has also confirmed that the next-generation Find X will be equipped with the Dimensity 9200 SoC. Additionally, other executives from Xiaomi, Honor, and ASUS ROG also confirmed that they are looking forward to launching smartphones with the latest MediaTek’s flagship chipset.
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