Till in the present day, the complete Dimensity collection was fabbed on a 7nm course of, however that simply modified – the Dimensity 1200 and 1100 are MediaTek’s first 6nm chipsets. And they’re the primary to make use of the Cortex-A78 core. The 2 are primarily based on the identical uncooked {hardware}, however goal barely completely different bins.
The Dimensity 1200 is the premium providing. Its CPU has a 1+3+4 configuration with a A78 core is operating at 3.0GHz, plus three extra A78 cores at 2.6GHz and the standard quartet of power-efficient A55 cores operating at 2.0GHz.
For comparability, the Dimensity 1000+ used an older A77 core that topped out at 2.6GHz. These numbers line up good with ARM’s official estimates – a 3.0GHz A78 is 20% quicker than a 2.6GHz A77. That is for single-threaded efficiency, after all, as just one core in every chipset reaches these frequencies. Multi-core efficiency will get a small increase as properly.
MediaTek unveils its first 6 nm chipsets, the Dimensity 1200 and 1100
As for the Dimensity 1100, it doesn’t have a first-rate core as such – all 4 of its Cortex-A78 cores run at 2.6 GHz. Nevertheless, even with out larger clock speeds, the 1100 has an architectural benefit so it ought to have an edge over the Dimensity 1000+ in each single and multi-core efficiency. After which there’s the ancillary {hardware}.
Each chipsets use the identical GPU. The truth is, they’re reusing the 1000-series GPU, the Mali-G77 with 9 cores for each chips. On the plus facet, AV1 video now has {hardware} acceleration.
The Dimensity 1200 can deal with the attention to 168 Hz shows and its 5-core ISP can deal with digicam sensors as much as 200 MP. Plus, with the upgraded AI {hardware}, Evening Shot processing is 20% quicker. The 1100 chip isn’t any slouch both, with assist for 144 Hz shows and digicam sensors as much as 108 MP.
| Dimensity 1200 | Dimensity 1100 | Dimensity 1000+ | Exynos 1080 | |
| Course of | TSMC 6 nm | TSMC 6 nm | TSMC 7 nm | Samsung 5 nm |
| Prime core | 1x Cortex-A78 @ 3.0 GHz | – | – | 1x Cortex-A78 @ 2.8 GHz |
| Massive cores | 3x Cortex-A78 @ 2.6 GHz | 4x Cortex-A78 @ 2.6 GHz | 4x Cortex-A77 @ 2.6 GHz | 3x Cortex-A78 @ 2.6 GHz |
| Small cores | 4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz | 4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz | 4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz | 4x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0 GHz |
| GPU | Mali-G77 MC9 | Mali-G77 MC9 | Mali-G77 MC9 | Mali-G78 MP10 |
| NPU | ? | ? | 4.5 TOPS | 5.7 TOPS |
| 5G (downlink) | ? | ? | 4.7 Gbps (sub-6) | 3.67 Gbps (mmWave), 5.1 Gbps (sub-6) |
| Show | 168 Hz | 144 Hz | 144 Hz | 144 Hz |
A number of firms are champing on the bit to make use of MediaTek’s new Dimensity 1200 and 1100 chips – together with Realme, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo. They’ll launch new telephones across the finish of March, starting of April.
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