MediaTek has stepped up its game, rivaling Qualcomm and occasionally even surpassing it. In recent years, the Taiwanese company has released several potent chipsets, such as the Dimensity 9200 and the latest 9200+. And now, it is preparing to unveil the new Dimensity 9300 chip later this year. According to reports, this chip will include four Cortex-X4 cores, which are ARM’s most powerful CPU cores to date. With this configuration, it will likely give Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Apple A17 a run for their money
The Dimensity 9300 could be the next big thing
Reputed tipster Digital Chat Station and Ice Universe have claimed on Weibo that MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300 SoC will come with four Cortex-X4 and four Cortex A720 cores. No Cortex-A520 has been mentioned, meaning the chip will only use powerful cores. To recall, ARM unveiled the Cortex-X4 earlier this week as its fastest CPU yet. It is designed to offer a 15% higher performance than the X3 while operating at equal power.
Both tipsters also suggest that Dimensity 9300 is 50% more power efficient than its predecessor, with Digital Chat Station claiming its performance surpasses the Apple A17 Bionic. The chip will be built on the N4P process, which is a 4 nm next-gen solution, offering a performance boost and power efficiency improvements over the N5 and N4 processes. The MediaTek SoC is confirmed to feature the Immortalis-G720 GPU.
These claims are rather bold and if true, the Dimensity 9300 could be the next big thing in the semiconductor industry. It is likely to beat Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which should launch either in a 1+5+3 or 2+4+2 configuration. It is only wise to patiently wait for the official confirmation before drawing any conclusions.
