[News] MediaTek Sets Dimensity 9400 Launch Date, Ahead of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 | TrendForce Insights

MediaTek announced on its official Weibo account that its next-generation flagship chip will be unveiled on October 9.

According to TechNews, MediaTek’s upcoming next-generation chip is the annual flagship smartphone processor, the Dimensity 9400. Based on the expected release date, it will be unveiled ahead of competitor Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.

During a recent earnings call for Q2 2024, MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai confirmed that the eagerly anticipated Dimensity 9400 would debut in October. Following its release, the chip is expected to support most major language models on the market, with the company confident of achieving over 50% year-on-year revenue growth for its flagship products.

Market sources cited by TechNews reveal that the Dimensity 9400 will be the largest smartphone processor to date, with a chip area of approximately 150 mm². This increased size will accommodate more transistors, with the Dimensity 9400 expected to feature over 30 billion transistors, a 32% increase from the 22.7 billion in the Dimensity 9300.

Additionally, recent report indicate that the GPU in the Dimensity 9400 significantly outperformed Apple’s A18 Pro in the GFXBench Aztec 1440p test, even surpassing the PC-class M4 processor. Performance data shows that the Dimensity 9400 achieved a Vulkan frame rate of 134 fps in the GFX Aztec 1440p test, exceeding the A18 Pro by 86% and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 by about 41%.

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