enters the fourth quarter, and news about Qualcomm and MediaTek flagship chips are becoming increasingly intensive. A while ago, news about Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen2 has been constantly rumored, and it is said that it will be officially released in mid-November. Just a few days ago, MediaTek also reported that the new generation of flagship chip Dimensity 9200 will be launched next month, and the release date may be earlier than the Snapdragon 8Gen2. After the relevant models are released, those who want to buy and experience them as soon as possible can rent one with "Everyone Rent" without deposit. It only costs a few dollars a day, and it can be rented as you like, which is more cost-effective than buying!
Qualcomm and MediaTek have been competing with each other for many years, but this year is a year when the two companies are particularly fiercely competing. In the first half of this year, Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8Gen1, due to the shortcomings of high power consumption and high heat generation, the market reputation once fell to the bottom. At this moment, MediaTek's Dimensity 9000 chip was born, which is the first time MediaTek has entered the high-end chip field after many years. Dimensity 9000 not only surpasses Snapdragon 8Gen1 in performance, but also is extremely excellent in power consumption control. The release of
Dimensity 9000 once made Qualcomm feel great pressure, so Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8+ chip was urgently changed to be manufactured by TSMC. In the second half of the year, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8+ also successfully solved the most criticized heat problem. In the second half of the year, MediaTek launched the Dimensity 9000+, which is benchmarked against Snapdragon 8+. Although it is still slightly better than Snapdragon 8+ in terms of performance scores, it has no obvious advantages in power consumption and heat control.
So most of the flagship models launched on the market in the second half of the year still use Snapdragon 8+ chips. The main reason is that Snapdragon chips have been deeply engaged in the high-end mobile phone market for many years. Major mobile phone manufacturers have far better experience in tuning Snapdragon chips than Dimensity chip . In many aspects of mobile phones, MediaTek is not as adapted as Qualcomm.
It can be said that MediaTek won the reputation this year and lost the market. It originally defeated the Dimensity 9000 of Snapdragon 8Gen1 in all aspects, but because the progress on the phone was too slow, there were not many manufacturers using the Dimensity 9000 chip. The Dimensity 9000+, which has no obvious advantage in power consumption, has become even colder in the market.
Looking back now, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in the first half of this year is the best time for MediaTek to "overtake on the curve". Now Qualcomm has turned around. Unless the Dimensity 9200 can crush Snapdragon 8 Gen2 again in terms of performance and power consumption, it can only be said that it is difficult to win more high-end markets!
