MediaTek Dimensity 9400 clock speed to beat Dimensity 9300 while falling short of purported Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 frequency
MediaTek is expected to release the Dimensity 9400 flagship SoC later this year. The chip could debut inside the Vivo X200 and, if the leaks are to be believed, give the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and the Apple A18 Pro a run for their money. Thanks to the Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station, we may now know a few of the hardware details that will purportedly allow the Dimensity 9400 to perform like a champ. While the details include information that we've already heard about, like core configuration, the leaker also reveals intriguing information about the core frequency of the chip.
According to DCS, the Dimensity 9400 with the model number MT6991 brings a single Cortex-X5 “super core” alongside three Cortex-X4 cores. Interestingly, the leaker mentions that Cortex-X5 is running at a clock speed of around 3.4 GHz in its current state. As a comparison, the Dimensity 9300’s Cortex-X4 cores run at 3.25 GHz. So, even in its pre-release state, the Dimensity 9400 seems to have a core clock advantage. This advantage might become even more pronounced come release time.
On the other hand, the Dimensity 9400 might lose to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in terms of clock frequency as the latter is slated to arrive with up to a 4.2 GHz boost clock on the performance cores. However, we can’t really say which of the two SoCs will be faster since the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 allegedly uses a mix of performance and efficiency cores while the Dimensity 9400 solely relies on performance cores, potentially offsetting the performance penalty of lower clock speeds.
However, despite the all-performance-core design, DCS reports that the energy consumption of the first device powered by the chip is “not bad”.
Finally, DCS reiterates that the Dimensity 9400 will be using the second-generation TSMC N3 process. Both the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and the Apple A18 Pro are also expected to utilize TSMC’s 3 nm process node.
All in all, 2024 is turning out to be a fantastic year for ARM processors, as not only do we have big things to look forward to in the mobile space but the PC landscape is also getting some much-needed ARM products from both Qualcomm and MediaTek.
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