MediaTek has announced its newest flagship chip, the Dimensity 9400. This chip will be used in several high-end Android smartphones. The Dimensity 9400 is the first 3nm chip for Android phones.
Immersion to the core. 🚀🤖 Meet the #MediaTekDimensity9400, the most powerful & efficient flagship #AI smartphone chip. Delivering next-gen in all areas: ultimate All Big Core CPU, new agentic AI, visually impressive raytraced mobile graphics, & more. https://t.co/vo6yqm1fjc pic.twitter.com/ULEBkjwIzC
— MediaTek (@MediaTek) October 9, 2024
It will compete with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite and Apple’s A18 Pro. The chip is made using TSMC’s 3nm (N3E) process node. The new chip offers faster performance compared to its predecessor.
Our upcoming #MediaTekDimensity9400 is optimized for @Google Gemini Nano with Multimodality. The chip features a new 8th-gen NPU with multimodal hardware acceleration for text, image, & speech. https://t.co/TJ8No5fcD8 pic.twitter.com/HL075ike7Q
— MediaTek (@MediaTek) October 7, 2024
MediaTek has announced that its new Dimensity 9400 chipset is optimized for Google's Gemini Nano with multimodality LLM!
Gemini Nano with multimodality is the newer version of Gemini Nano that's currently only available on the Pixel 9 series. It supports audio, speech, and image… pic.twitter.com/GEwQkGW1Gm
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) October 7, 2024
It has an octa-core CPU with one Cortex-X925 CPU core running at 3.63GHz, three Cortex-X4 CPU cores at 3.3GHz, and four Cortex-A720 CPU cores at 2.4GHz. The Arm Immortalis-G925 GPU runs at 1,612MHz and promises better performance in ray-tracing graphics and improved power efficiency. The Dimensity 9400 is designed to work with the fastest RAM in Android phones, 10.7 Gbps LPDDR5X.
MediaTek has increased the cache memory sizes for better performance. The onboard NPU 890 offers improved power efficiency and AI processing features.
Mediatek debuts 3nm flagship chip
The chip’s Imagiq 1090 ISP supports camera sensors up to 320MP. It can capture high-quality videos at various resolutions and frame rates. The built-in modem supports different types of 5G networks, as well as older network standards.
It also has features like Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, and USB Type-C port. MediaTek has confirmed that the Dimensity 9400 has already been sent to Android smartphone makers. The Oppo Find X8 and the Vivo X200 will reportedly use this chip and could launch next month.
Some reports suggest that Samsung may use the Dimensity 9400 for the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ in certain countries instead of its own Exynos chip. The Galaxy S25 lineup is expected to include the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. These phones will succeed the Galaxy S24 series with several upgrades while keeping some similar features.
The industry is closely watching how MediaTek’s new flagship chip will perform in real-world use and if it can gain a significant share of the high-end smartphone market. As Samsung prepares for its annual flagship release early next year, the possible use of the Dimensity 9400 chip marks a big change in Samsung’s chipset strategy. It also presents a competitive alternative to chips from Qualcomm and Apple.
