MediaTek is expected to release its flagship Dimensity 9400 chipset later this year. The chip may debut in the Vivo X200 series of smartphones and, if we believe the leaks, will compete with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Apple A18 Pro. Thanks to Chinese information source Digital Chat Station, you can learn some hardware details that will make the Dimensity 9400 a powerful mobile processor. The source of information also reveals information about the frequency of the chip's cores.
According to Digital Chat Station, the Dimensity 9400 with model number MT6991 contains one Cortex-X5 supercore alongside three Cortex-X4 cores. The insider mentions that the Cortex-X5 in its current state is clocked at around 3.4GHz. For comparison, the Cortex-X4 cores in the Dimensity 9300 operate at 3.25 GHz. So, even in its pre-built state, the Dimensity 9400 has a core clock advantage. This advantage can become even more significant in serial instances.
On the other hand, the Dimensity 9400 may lose to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in terms of clock speed, as the latter is expected to clock in at 4.2GHz for the performance cores. However, it's not yet clear which of the two chipsets will be faster, as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 likely uses a combination of performance and efficiency cores, while the Dimensity 9400 relies solely on performance cores, potentially making up for the lower clock speeds.
However, despite the high-performance core design, Digital Chat Station reports that the power consumption of Mediatek's upcoming flagship will be moderate.
< p class="block__block-3c" data-testid="article-render__block" data-points="6">In addition, Digital Chat Station confirms that the Dimensity 9400 will be manufactured using the second-generation TSMC N3 process. Both Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Apple A18 Pro are also expected to use TSMC's 3nm process.
It looks like 2024 is going to be a fantastic year for ARM processors, as not only are we seeing big updates in the mobile segment, but PCs are also getting much-needed ARM-based processors from Qualcomm and MediaTek.