MediaTek has officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone chipset, the Dimensity 9400, designed to revolutionize edge-AI applications, gaming, photography, and more.
This fourth-generation addition to MediaTek’s mobile SoC lineup promises a significant leap in performance, thanks to its cutting-edge architecture and efficient power usage.
Table of Contents
- 1 Next-Gen Performance with Second-Gen All Big Core Design
- 2 AI-Driven Innovation: From LoRA Training to Video Generation
- 3 Empowering Developers with Dimensity Agentic AI Engine
- 4 Gaming Like Never Before: Immortalis-G925 GPU
- 5 Advanced Photography with MediaTek Imagiq 1090
- 6 Advanced Connectivity and Additional Features
- 7 Availability
Next-Gen Performance with Second-Gen All Big Core Design
At the heart of the Dimensity 9400 is MediaTek’s second-generation All Big Core design, built on Arm’s v9.2 CPU architecture. It features one Arm Cortex-X925 core clocking over 3.62 GHz, alongside 3 Cortex-X4 cores and 4 Cortex-A720 cores. This configuration results in a 35% improvement in single-core performance and a 28% boost in multi-core performance compared to its predecessor, the Dimensity 9300.
To add, the Dimensity 9400 is built on TSMC’s second-generation 3 nm process, offering a remarkable 40% increase in power efficiency. This allows for longer battery life, making it perfect for high-performance users who require extended device uptime.
AI-Driven Innovation: From LoRA Training to Video Generation
Packing MediaTek’s 8th Generation NPU, the chipset boasts several industry firsts in generative AI performance. It’s the first mobile chipset to offer on-device LoRA training and high-quality on-device video generation, along with developer support for Agentic AI. These advancements result in up to 80% faster large language model (LLM) prompt performance, while being 35% more power-efficient than the previous Dimensity 9300.
Empowering Developers with Dimensity Agentic AI Engine
To further leverage AI innovation, the Dimensity 9400 integrates MediaTek’s new Dimensity Agentic AI Engine (DAE). This engine transforms traditional AI applications into advanced agentic AI applications. MediaTek is actively collaborating with developers to streamline AI-agent and third-party app integration, enabling more efficient models that work across both edge AI and cloud services.
Gaming Like Never Before: Immortalis-G925 GPU
The Dimensity 9400 is equipped with a 12-core Arm Immortalis-G925 GPU, delivering an unmatched gaming experience. With up to 40% faster raytracing performance than its predecessor, gamers can enjoy highly immersive gaming visuals. Features like opacity micromaps (OMM) bring realistic effects to smartphones, offering a PC-like gaming experience.
The chipset also includes HyperEngine technology, co-developed by MediaTek and Arm’s Accurate Super Resolution (ASR), which enhances picture quality and resolution for superior visuals. The GPU may deliver a 41% peak performance boost and up to 44% power savings with such feature, making it ideal for extended high-performance gaming sessions.
Advanced Photography with MediaTek Imagiq 1090
Photography enthusiasts will find much to appreciate with the Dimensity 9400’s advanced camera features. The chipset’s MediaTek Imagiq 1090 technology enables HDR video recording throughout the entire zoom range, allowing photographers to capture enhanced moments from afar. MediaTek’s Smooth Zoom feature makes it easier to photograph moving subjects while ensuring power-efficient photo and video capture—using up to 14% less power in 4K60 video mode compared to the Dimensity 9300.
Advanced Connectivity and Additional Features
The Dimensity 9400 chipset introduces several advanced connectivity features to enhance the user experience:
- A refreshed 3GPP Release-17 5G modem with 4CC-CA and up to 7 Gbps sub-6 GHz performance.
- A new 4 nm Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip offering 7.3 Gbps data rates and up to 50% lower power consumption.
- Support for Wi-Fi 7 tri-band MLO and MediaTek Xtra Range™ 3.0, extending Wi-Fi coverage by up to 30 meters.
- 5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active and Dual Data capabilities for more flexibility.
- Support for tri-fold smartphones, enabling innovative new device form factors.
Availability
The first smartphones powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 are expected to hit the market in Q4 of 2024. For more information, visit MediaTek’s official website.
