Today, MediaTek announced its latest flagship chipset – the Dimensity 9400. It is using MediaTek’s second-generation All Big Core design, which uses on ARM Cortex-X925 core that operates at over 3.62GHz, with three Cortex-X4 and four Cortex-A720 cores. The company says that this design offers 35% faster single-core performance, and 28% faster multi-core performance compared to the Dimensity 9300.
The Dimensity 9400 is built on TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process, and is now up to 40% more power-efficient than its predecessor. The biggest advantage that will bring to devices, is better battery life.
“The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 will continue furthering our mission to be the enablers of AI, supporting powerful applications that anticipate users’ needs and adapt to their preferences while also fueling generative AI technology with on-device LoRA training and video generation,” said Joe Chen, President at MediaTek. “As the fourth-generation flagship chipset, the Dimensity 9400 continues to build on our momentum of steady growth in market share and MediaTek’s legacy of delivering flagship performance in the most efficient design for the best user experiences.”
When it comes to gaming, MediaTek says that the Dimensity 9400 has 41% more peak performance, 40% raytracing performance, and 44% power saving over the Dimensity 9300. It also includes the MediaTek Frame Rate Converter and HyperEngine’s Super Resolution. Providing a really impressive gaming experience.
MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 also greatly improves camera zoom performance
Another area that MediaTek is touting some massive gains is with zoom. We are launching an “Unparalleled Zoom Experience” thanks to the new MediaTek Imagiq 1090, which provides HDR video recording throughout the entire Zoom Range. Also of note, 4K60 video capture now requires 14% less power.
As you might have expected, the Dimensity 9400 is also ready for trifold smartphones, like the Huawei Mate XT. It has a dedicated 3X MIPI-DSI for tri-fold displays. This is a good thing, as we’re expecting to see many more trifold devices later this year and next.
So when will we start seeing Dimensity 9400-powered devices? MediaTek says that we should start seeing them in Q4 2024. Really, they could be any day now. We’ve also been told that OPPO and vivo are set to be two of the first OEMs using the Dimensity 9400.
