This week, MediaTek held a launch conference for the new generation of Dimensity 9200 flagship 5G mobile chips. Dimensity 9200 has won unanimous praise and expectations from the outside world with its innovative breakthroughs in high performance, high energy efficiency and low power consumption.
Connecting the past and the future, high-end mobile phone chip competition has entered a new stage
The problem brought by the past dominance is the lack of beneficial competition in the market, which makes market leaders prone to slow down or even stagnate in technology and product innovation. Once problems arise, or consumers are dissatisfied with, are there any other alternative options? For example, the flagship phones that consumers frequently complain about in the past two years have high heat and power consumption, but have no other choice, so they can only use them with a tough bullet. This is a good example.
But this situation is believed to be very different in 2022. Because MediaTek's flagship Dimensity 9000 and Dimensity 9000+ flagship chip platforms this year have well met consumers' various needs for flagship mobile phone products, and users have more choices.
Although the data for 2022 has not yet come out, Counterpoint recently stated in the report: "The launch of the Dimensity 9000 series has given MediaTek a breakthrough success in the high-end mobile phone market in China, and their share in the Android smartphone market (wholesale prices are above US$500, approximately RMB 3,635) has increased significantly."
We know that high-end mobile phone chips are often the real big revenue players, and MediaTek's strong revenue performance since this year is obviously related to the outstanding market performance of the Dimensity 9000 series flagship chips.
In short, the emergence of Dimensity 9000 and Dimensity 9000+ series chips has injected fresh vitality and changing factors into the entire high-end mobile phone chip market, and has also laid a solid foundation for Dimensity 9200 to enter the battlefield of comprehensive competition.
On the other hand, at this press conference, Chen Guanzhou, general manager of MediaTek, also announced that in 2022, MediaTek ranked first in the global smartphone market share ranking with a share of 38%. Behind the
data is the result of MediaTek's accumulation and development in the mobile semiconductor field over the years, and the high-end chip market is becoming MediaTek's most critical "strategic city" at the moment.
, the brand new Dimensity 9200 flagship chip is another powerful general who conquers the city.
conquers the city and land. These leading features tell you how powerful the Dimensity 9200 is
Dimensity 9200 is? I believe everyone has read the parameter information about this flagship chip many times. Here IT Home summarizes some innovative points worth paying attention to.
1, performance and energy efficiency
In the past two years, the performance of flagship mobile phone chips, especially energy efficiency, has become a part of users' increasing attention. This time MediaTek Dimensity 9200 has also focused on upgrading these two aspects.
First look at the performance. Its CPU consists of 1 Cortex-X3 @3.05GHz super-large core, 3 Cortex-A715 @2.85GHz large cores, and 4 Cortex-A510 @1.8GHz energy efficiency cores. This set of CPU core architecture realizes the industry first launch of Cortex-X3 super-large core and the industry first launch of the second generation ARMv9 instruction set core.
Among them, the peak performance of the Cortex-X3 super-large core has an improvement of 22%, and the IPC (same frequency efficiency) has been improved by 11%, which brings considerable performance upgrades.
At the same time, Dimensity 9200 also has the industry's first pure 64-bit large-core CPU. The energy-efficient multi-threaded 64-bit architecture has inherent performance advantages over 32-bit. In terms of LZBench Memcpy test, the efficiency of 64-bit in compression is 92% higher than that of 32-bit, and the efficiency of decompression is 80% higher than that of 32-bit.
With the support of these characteristics, the single-core performance of Dimensity 9200's Geekbench has been improved by 12%, and the multi-core performance has been improved by 10%, with considerable upgrades. Not to mention anything else, just looking at Antutu's 126W+ running score is enough to be proud of all the heroes.
In addition, Dimensity 9200 is also the first chip to support LPDDR5X 8533Mbps memory and multi-cycle queue technology to accelerate UFS 4.0 flash memory. In other words, with these memory and storage products, the phone can run more quickly and read faster.
While improving performance, MediaTek has also used many measures to improve the energy efficiency of Dimensity 9200. First of all, the efficiency improvement of the 64-bit architecture itself is very helpful for energy efficiency. Secondly, the process process . Dimensity 9200 is the first chip that uses TSMC's second-generation 4nm process technology. More advanced processes are an effective means to improve energy efficiency and reduce power consumption.
At the same time, MediaTek also adopted exclusive and innovative flagship packaging technology on Dimensity 9200, which increases the overall cooling capacity of the chip by 10%, and delays the temperature rise time by 4 times, thus making your phone more calm.
Through these major measures, Dimensity 9200 also achieves a 25% reduction in power consumption when integrating 17 billion transistors, and can save up to 70% of power consumption in daily use scenarios. The " Genshin Impact " game scenario can also reduce power consumption by 20%.
In short, the strong performance and more advanced energy efficiency architecture provide full guarantee for the core experience of Dimensity 9200.
2, gaming experience
Just now we only talked about performance. Here we will talk about the same important performance and gaming experience of GPU. The biggest highlight of
Dimensity 9200 on GPU is that it is equipped with ARM's latest Immortalis-G715 flagship GPU. It has 11 cores, 2X floating-point computing output capability, and 3X triangle counting capability. The overall performance is 32% higher than that of Dimensity 9000, and the power consumption is reduced by 41%. It can be described as horror.
Compared with these, what is more noticeable is that the Dimensity 9200 is equipped with the first Immortalis-G715 GPU, which supports mobile hardware ray tracing technology. Powerful hardware-level mobile ray tracing allows Dimensity 9200 to render more realistic soft shadows, more realistic specular reflections and richer ray tracing refraction when running the game, in short, every frame is more realistic.
At the press conference, MediaTek also announced its cooperation with the game "Dark Zone Breakthrough", which is the first step in the commercial promotion of mobile hardware ray tracing. I believe that more games will cooperate with MediaTek in the future to adapt the effect of hardware ray tracing to Dimensity 9200. Let our mobile game experience enter the next generation ahead of schedule.
In addition to mobile hardware ray tracing, Dimensity 9200 also supports variable rate rendering (VRS) technology, which can dynamically adjust the rendering magnification of different visual areas, thereby helping the GPU improve energy efficiency and improve the frame rate of for the game running. For example, when playing games such as " League of Legends Mobile Game ", "QQ Speed ", "Genshin Impact", they can now run with high quality full frames. When running MOBA games at 120fps, the average power consumption can save 21% and the maximum power can be 56%. It can be said that it is both smooth and long-lasting. At the
conference, Dimensity 9200 released a new game adaptive control technology (MAGT). " Honor of Kings " is the first strategic partner. The two teams jointly explored and created advanced black technology for terminal devices and game adaptation. By using the MAGT architecture, Honor of Kings can dynamically adjust the game's rendering logic based on the real-time load of the mobile phone hardware, so that the game can maintain a smooth experience in the ultimate scene in most cases. Whether it is the heroic skills displayed in a sudden melee, or the sneak attacks between grasses, or even the sparkling water surface, the MAGT architecture can always allow game applications and platforms to work together to support stable picture frame rates and lasting game battery life behind players.
Using the MAGT architecture, the full frame operation temperature difference of "Honor of Kings" 5V5 ranked on Dimensity 9200 is reduced by 4 degrees Celsius, and the power consumption is reduced by 18.8%, which significantly improves the excellent gaming experience of low temperature and long-lasting!
3, image and display capabilities
Nowadays, image has become one of the most important functions of smartphones, and when it comes to mobile phone images, computing photography is undoubtedly the most popular technology trend at the moment. The Imagiq 890 image processor equipped with Dimensity 9200 is an ISP that integrates powerful AI computing power and can understand the world.
Imagiq 890 supports intelligent image semantic technology, which can intelligently analyze the color of the environment, the structure and movement of objects, and combine with the exclusive hardware ISP layered label to adjust the color saturation and tone of the photo, making every shot amazing.
In addition, it can also perform AI dual-track capture and protagonist tracking to blur the movie mode, bringing richer and more professional gameplay to smartphone images.
Imagiq 890 is the first ISP that supports RGBW. Note that this is a special support for RGBW sensor from the ISP level, which can bring 30% brightness improvement and 20% detailed improvement to night photos, allowing the smartphone's night shooting to be in another gear.
computing photography requires abundant AI computing power, and the sixth-generation APU equipped with Dimensity 9200 can provide a continuous stream of AI computing power for mobile phones. It adopts a hybrid computing + intelligent neural network architecture. In the classic test ETHZ 5.0 that measures AI performance, its AI performance has been improved by 35%, while the energy efficiency ratio in video super-scoring applications has been improved by more than 45%. AI computing power such as
helps Dimensity 9200 save 25% power consumption in 4K30Fps super night shooting video scenes. At the same time, the noise reduction ability of 10 times AI zoom scenes is 20%. In addition, the effect of intelligent enhancement of AI videos is also 30%.
In short, on the next Dimensity 9200 flagship phone, we will see even more amazing AI image performance.
Image is the art of vision. There is also a function related to vision on smartphones, that is, screen display. This time, Dimensity 9200 brings more realistic and excellent display effects to everyone through the MiraVision 890 mobile display technology.
For example, it supports AI regional image quality enhancement technology, and displays content, subject and background features through real-time intelligent detection, improving contrast and clarity, thereby presenting a super-real picture. At the same time, it can also intelligently distinguish HDR and SDR content through multi-block layered color management, and automatically adjust the brightness without ambient light, allowing you to enjoy HDR content all the time.
In addition, Dimensity 9200 also supports MediaTek adaptive refresh rate technology, intelligently analyzes screen requirements, and dynamically adjusts the screen refresh rate to reduce power consumption by 35%.
4, connection technology
In terms of mobile communication connection, an important highlight of Dimensity 9200 is that it is the first to support Wi-Fi 7 Ready. Its throughput is 170% higher than Wi-Fi 6 5GHz, and its coverage can also be increased by 50%. The theoretical peak of network transmission rate can reach 6.5Gbps. From the living room to any room, the Wi-Fi signal and transmission speed are further enhanced based on Wi-Fi 6.
. In 5G connection, Dimensity 9200 has also been optimized, especially when going out, whether it is a high-speed rail, a basement, a subway or an airport, the network is faster and more stable.
At the same time, Dimensity 9200 also supports 5G dual-slot dual-pass, supporting more than 100 frequency band combinations, and the phone does not miss out. Then MediaTek 5G Ultrasave technology has also been upgraded to 3.0. Whether it is app download, games, video swiping or watching web scenes, 5G's power consumption is lower.
Of course, wireless connection technology is not limited to Wi-Fi and 5G, and Bluetooth .Dimensity 9200 is the first mobile phone chip that supports 24bit/192KHz high-definition audio encoding and decoding, which can support 8Mbps ultra-high Bluetooth throughput. In this way, everyone can use a mobile phone equipped with Dimensity 9200 to connect to Bluetooth headset to listen to music, and can also enjoy studio-level sound quality.
dragons fight for bears, flagship mobile phone market innovation continues to be innovative
I believe that after a deep understanding of the innovations and highlights of MediaTek Dimensity 9200 flagship chip, everyone will have a common understanding of this brand new mobile platform, that is, omnipotent.
If the important factor in the Dimensity 9000 series received positive reviews last year is that it attaches importance to power consumption and is willing to pile up materials, then this year's Dimensity 9200 has made more comprehensive innovations on this basis. Whether it is connection, imaging, display, gaming, AI, etc., there have been targeted breakthroughs and upgrades in all aspects, and it has achieved industry leadership in at least 9 fields. Such achievements and performances are indeed eye-catching.
After all, when competitors come back to their senses and start to return to the right track on the issue of power consumption and heating, this competition in the field of high-end mobile phone chips may be the real beginning. At this time, it is the stage when each other shows their magical powers and fights against gods. The so-called expert fight means that we cannot allow shortcomings or flaws in any aspect, and those exciting innovations are constantly emerging in the struggle between each other.
at least on the Dimensity 9200 flagship chip, we see MediaTek's ability to be "equivalent" and unbeaten in high-end games.
Of course, Dimensity 9200 has not been truly launched in the terminal yet, and we cannot personally experience the performance and experience of Dimensity 9200 in the actual terminal. However, according to this press conference, Shi Yujian, senior vice president and chief technology officer of vivo, said that their next generation flagship model will launch the Dimensity 9200 mobile chip in the world.
According to the introduction, vivo participated in the research and development of Dimensity 9200 at a very early stage, and the cooperation between the two parties has reached 20 months. With such a foundation for in-depth cooperation, I believe that the terminal debut of Dimensity 9200 can bring us more surprises. There are currently reports that the vivo X90 series will be released at the end of November, and we will soon experience the comprehensive strength of Dimensity 9200.
More importantly, the future is the reason to believe that under the trend of healthy competition driving the innovative vitality of the high-end mobile phone chip market, we will see more and more outstanding mobile phone products, as well as an increasingly convenient and sci-fi mobile life experience.
