recently discussed with friends about which question is stronger, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 or Dimensity 9200. Speaking of the image part, the reviewer said that he has experienced many MediaTek image phones, but he is still not satisfied with its photography performance, even the previous Dimensity 9000 is the same.
On Dxomark, you can see that there are no MediaTek models among the top 20 photos scores. There are two reasons for this. On the one hand, MediaTek SOC's previous performance in imaging was indeed not strong enough, and on the other hand, the manufacturer did not arrange flagship CMOS and lens modules for MediaTek SOC.
and in 28th place, MediaTek was found, which is X70 Pro. It can be seen that it really needs to improve a little more.
Of course, these are all past achievements. This time, MediaTek has provided some new functions on Dimensity 9200, which should be a breakthrough. For example, it can layer the pictures through hardware ISP, adjust the saturation and tone respectively, and greatly optimize the picture.
In addition, Dimensity 9200 can better support CMOS of RGBW arrays, increasing the brightness of photos by 30% and increasing the details by 20%.
can be said that if you review this time, Dimensity 9200 mobile phones will definitely enter the top 20, and may even enter the top 10. After all, they are still technically ahead of the previous SOCh, which is not to be said.
However, can the ISP of Dimensity 9200 challenge Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 this time? I think it's difficult to evaluate.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 adopts the world's first cognitive ISP, which recognizes photos through AI, and independently optimizes faces, facial features, hair, clothes and sky, so that every detail can be customized and professional image tuning.
In fact, Sony 's new camera A7 RV, etc., currently have this kind of category recognition function, but Sony's more main goal is to focus, while Qualcomm is currently mainly aimed at achieving image optimization. After all, there is less optimization in the camera, which is mainly achieved by real light.
In addition, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has also been separately optimized for Sony's IMX800 and IMX989, and has also cooperated with , Samsung 's .2 million pixel image sensor ISOCELL HP3. is clearly a way to directly provide packages and lock in the victory.
At the same time, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has also been upgraded a lot in videos, which can shoot 10bit HDR videos, 8K HDR 60fps videos, supports high bit rate Pro Sight video shooting, and there is also a blur engine 2 and a director mode, which catches up with in many aspects, and even has a surpassing part.
So, judging from known information, this time the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 still has a lot more than the Dimensity 9200 in the image. MediaTek has its own breakthrough, but it is still difficult to catch up with Qualcomm's latest imaging level in the short term.
Of course, Dimensity 9200 plus independent NPU will improve in many aspects, which is also the strategy of some manufacturers at present. However, it seems a bit redundant to supplement Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with independent image NPU.
In short, both companies have significantly improved, but how much mobile phone manufacturers can achieve and how much they can increase depends on the product's words, let's wait and see.
