MediaTek takes out the claws with its new Dimensity 9000+: more power and efficiency to compete against Qualcomm
MediaTek is clear that it wants to stand up to Qualcomm and its high-end processors. The Dimensity 9000 is a good proof of this, being a SoC with higher performance and efficiency than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. And now that Qualcomm has put the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 on the table, MediaTek has done the same with the Dimension 9000+.
This new SoC is an interesting improvement over the previous version, reaching 3.2GHz (compared to 3.05 GHz on the non-Plus model). The GPU, a Mali-G710 MC10, has also been upgraded. According to MediaTek, we can expect “more than 5% increase in CPU performance and more than 10% improvement in GPU performance.”
MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ Data Sheet
| mediatek dimension 9000+ | |
|---|---|
| process | TSMC N4 (four nanometers) |
| CPU | 1x ARM Cortex-X2 @ 3.2GHz 3x ARM Cortex-A710 @ 2.85GHz 4x ARM Cortex-A510 |
| gpu | ARM Mali-G710 MC10 MediaTek HyperEngine 5.0 |
| apu | MediaTek APU 590 |
| Camera | 18-bit HDR-ISP up to 9 Gpixels/s Main camera: up to 320 MP Three exposure HDR video |
| screen | WQHD+ at 144Hz FullHD+ at 180Hz MediaTek Intelligent Display Sync 2.0 |
| sound | Bluetooth LD-Audio Dual Link True Wireless Audio |
| connectivity | WiFi 6E 2×2 Bluetooth 5.3 |
| memory | LPDDR5x at 7,500Mbps |
| modem | 3GPP Version 16 (5G modem) 5G NR 3CC (300MHz) up to 7Gbps MediaTek UltraSave 2.0 |
| personalization | Dimension 5G Open Source Architecture |
MediaTek shows its teeth
The MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ integrates the architecture and is manufactured in a four-nanometer process. It features a 3.2GHz Cortex X2 core (the same speed as the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1), three 2.85GHz Cortex-A710 cores, and four efficiency-focused Cortex-A510 cores.
In addition, the chip system supports LPDDR5x RAM up to 7,500 Mbps (20% more efficient than LPDDR5) with eight megs of L3 cache and six megs of system cache. APU 5.0, the artificial intelligence engine that is also more efficient and powerful, has also been implemented.
The rest of the features we already know. For example, he continues to make an appearance ISP MediaTek Imagiq 790, which supports 320 MP, 18-bit HDR recording, and 4K HDR recording noise reduction. We also have 5G 3GPP version 16 modem, WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 and MiraVision 790which enables the Dimensity 9000+ to support 144Hz WQHD+ or 180Hz FullHD+ panels.
A promising chip, no doubt, that we will see implemented at the end of 2022. And it is that MediaTek has been doing very well lately in its high-end chips, offering better performance and efficiency than its Qualcomm counterparts. Things are definitely getting interesting.
