The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 is a new mobile chipset that the Chinese semiconductor manufacturer has just unveiled. As is the case with each release, it promises significant increases in performance and energy efficiency, as well as a greater focus on generative AI and special CPU core design.

MediaTek is the biggest alternative to Qualcomm supply of mobile SoCs for third-party manufacturers. Licensed by ARM, its solutions are highly valued for their performance/price ratio and are sold massively, especially for mid-range and entry-level smartphones, tablets or watches. In recent years, however, the company has also focused on the high-end market. If Dimensity 9300 was before and after in this respect, now comes its successor.

MediaTek Dimensity 9400, features

The new flagship (by performance) of the Chinese company is manufactured by TSMC using the most advanced manufacturing processes on the market: 3 nanometers. MediaTek decided to improve “All Big Core” design.meaning all CPU cores are high performance and not the ones designed to keep power down. So the 9400 contains 1 Cortex-X925 core, 3 Cortex-X4 cores and 4 Cortex-A720 cores.

With this design, MediaTek promises an improvement 35 percent on single-thread performance and a twenty-eight percent improvement in multi-threaded performance. Let’s say that the introduction of LPDDR5X memory contributes to a ten percent increase in performance and supports a transfer rate of 10.7 GB/s.

As for the GPU, it debuts a Immortalis-G925which promises to increase peak performance and ray tracing performance in forty percent of environments. The chipset can power WQHD+ displays up to 180 Hz Supports up to 8K 60fps 10-bit video with full-range HDR zoom on compatible devices.

Of course, like any modern processor, ups the ante on speeding up AI functions with eighth generation MediaTek NPU. The company also introduced the AI ​​Agentic Engine, an AI framework designed to optimize the implementation of OEMs’ proprietary AI engines. This chipset is compatible with Google’s Gemini Nano, which marks a significant step towards a robust generation of AI on Android. It also supports other leading large language models, including Meta Llama 2, Baichuan 2, Baidu AI LLM and others.

IN connectivityhighlight that the chipset has a new 5G modem offering up to 7GB/s performance along with a new 4nm Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip. Finally, highlight significant energy savings through manufacturing process improvements and optimizations. Always by manufacturer, as you already know these things are always relative.

The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 will be available by the end of the year in some high-end model from several manufacturers that work with them. Soon we will see it in some high-end terminal.