MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset to be launched in China on this date

MediaTek will launch its flagship mobile chipset in China on October 9, the company confirmed on social media. While the chipmaker hasn’t gone into details about its upcoming smartphone processor, it is widely believed to be the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 SoC that was recently rumored to be more powerful than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip and even Apple’s latest A18 Pro chipset when compared to GPU benchmarks.

In a after On Chinese social media platform Weibo, the official MediaTek handle revealed that “a new-generation flagship chipset from MediaTek is coming soon”. It will debut on October 9 at 10:30 AM local time. While the company did not want to reveal the details of the chipset, it has been confirmed that it will come with a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) that will enable artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

A recent report suggested that the alleged MediaTek Dimensity 9400 SoC could perform better in certain aspects when compared to other flagship mobile processors such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the new Apple A18 Pro. It reportedly scored 134 fps in the GFX Aztec 1440p off-screen Vulcan benchmark — around 86 percent higher than the A18 Pro.

The score is also said to be 41 percent higher than Snapdragon’s current-generation flagship processor. The dedicated NPU on the Dimensity 9400 SoC is said to offer a 40 percent performance boost over its predecessor.

In addition to the processing power, the alleged MediaTek chipset is also said to have improved in terms of efficiency. Compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the Dimensity 9400 is said to require just 30 percent of the power to perform similar tasks.

However, these upgrades could come at a price, with smartphones featuring this chipset likely being more expensive than their predecessors. The Oppo Find X8 series is speculated to be among the first devices to arrive with the Dimensity 9400 chipset, while Vivo’s alleged X200 series could also have models powered by MediaTek’s upcoming mobile processor.