After being introduced last month, MediaTek confirmed that its flagship Dimensity 9000 chipset will power Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and Honor phones. The device will launch in the first quarter of 2022.
However, there is no mention of what phone will be the first to be launched. But there have been vendors who have been outspoken about their phones with the Dimensity 9000 brained.
Lu Weibing, Vice President and General Manager of Redmi, confirmed that the Redmi K50 series will be powered by MediaTek's flagship chipset. But he did not mention which models were prepared.
Oppo VP Henry Duan also confirmed the same thing. He said the latest Find X series will be supported by MediaTek's 4nm chipset.
Since the Find X4 Pro is confirmed to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, it is likely that the standard version of the Find X4 will carry the Dimensity 9000 chip.
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The Dimensity 9000 is the world's first smartphone chipset made with 4nm fabrication. In addition, this chipset uses the latest v9 architecture from Arm which promises increased security and performance.
Not only that, the Dimensity 9000 is the first CPU to use Arm's new core design. It has 1x Cortex X2 with a speed of 3GHz, 3x Cortex A710 with a speed of 2.85GHz and 4x Cortex A510 with a speed of 1.8GHz.
While in the graphics sector, MediaTek has installed an ARM Mali G70 GPU that promises a 20% performance increase over its predecessor. This GPU is capable of supporting a Full HD + display with a refresh rate of 180Hz.
MediaTek has also introduced a raytracing SDK that game developers can leverage to add new graphics technicalities to their Android games.
For imaging, the MediaTek 9000 utilizes an 18-bit HDR ISP. The ISP can record 4K HDR video simultaneously from three cameras, has a night mode for video called "Super Night Video Recording" and supports a 320MP sensor.
Meanwhile, the 5th generation AI processing unit (APU) on the Dimensity 9000 is claimed to be 4 times more power efficient than its predecessor and will support various AI experiences in cameras, games, multi-media applications, and so on.
The Dimensity 9000 features an integrated 5G modem that offers up to 7Gbps downlink, 3CC Carriers Aggregation (300MHz), and up to 300% faster uplink performance. In terms of connectivity, the chipset supports Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 standards, Wireless Stereo Audio, and Beidou III-B1 C GNSS support.
All of these supplies make MediaTek dare to boast that the chipset is the most powerful to date. When tested by Antutu, Dimensity 9000 scored 1,007,396.
