The MediaTek Dimensity 9300 is finally here, and it is ready to take the fight to the likes of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Exynos 2400. The new chipset brings several changes, including four big Cortex-X4 cores and four Cortex-A74 cores. MediaTek also promises Stable Defusion generation of under one second - in addition to that, the new chipset also adds support for the latest LLMs of up to 33 billion parameters, making it one of the best chipsets to have AI support.
The MediaTek Dimensity 9300 will take on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Exynos 2400, with phones launching later this month
Now, the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 does not have any efficiency cores. However, the company is not fussing over the chipset being inefficient. For starters, only one of the four Cortex-X4 cores is clocked higher than 3.25GHz, and the remaining three are clocked at 2.85GHz. All of the four Cortex-A720 cores are clocked at 2GHz, and this should deliver better efficiency overall.
Here is a full spec sheet comparing the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 to its predecessor:
| Dimensity 9300 | Dimensity 9200 | |
|---|---|---|
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CPU Config
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1x Cortex-X4 @ 3.25GHz
3x Cortex-X4 @ 2.85GHz 4x Cortex-A720 @ 2.0GHz |
1x Cortex-X3 @ 3.05GHz
3x Cortex-A715 @ 2.85GHz 4x Cortex-A510 1.8GHz |
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GPU
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Arm Immortalis-G720
12-core Hardware ray-tracing |
Arm Immortalis-G715
11-core Hardware ray-tracing |
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Caches
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8MB L3
10MB system-level cache |
8MB L3
6MB system-level cache |
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AI
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APU 790
(added INT4 support and hardware compression) |
APU 690
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RAM support
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LPDDR5T @ 9600Mbps
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LPDDR5X @ 8333Mbps
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Storage
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UFS 4.0 with MCQ
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UFS 4.0 with MCQ
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4G/5G Modem
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LTE/5G (integrated)
Sub6GHz and mmWave 7,900Mbps down |
M80-based LTE/5G (integrated)
Sub6GHz and mmWave 7,900Mbps down |
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Other networking
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Bluetooth 5.X
Wi-Fi 7 |
Bluetooth 5.3
Wi-Fi 7 Ready |
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Process
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TSMC 4nm+ N4P
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TSMC 4nm N4P
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MediaTek also claims that the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 offers up to 33% better efficiency while performing the same as the predecessor, the Dimensity 9200. At the same time, it offers 40% improved peak performance. Sadly, the company did not share the power draw at peak performance, but I would not be too surprised if the chip draws a good amount of power.
With the MediaTek Dimensity 9300, users are also going to see a computing concept known as "race to idle," where the chipset will perform at peak speed for a little while than performing at a lower speed for a longer while. With this concept coming to the new chip, we will see much better performance in tasks that do not require a lot of power to begin with because the chipset will be performing at peak speed to handle them. Now, the race to idle concept can save power, but we will have to see how fast it drains the battery. After all, this is a smartphone chip we are talking about, and efficiency is way more important.
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Handling the graphical performance in the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 is an Arm Immortalis G720 GPU. The company claims that it is 46% faster than its predecessor. The Immortalis G720 also brings hardware ray-tracing and all the other modern bells and whistles that we have come to expect from the latest GPU. It would be nice to see how this GPU compares to the Adreno found in Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
As far as the availability is concerned, the company has not shared a lot of details about it. The MediaTek Dimensity 9300 will launch first in the Chinese and European markets, and perhaps we will see it in the U.S. market soon. And if that happens, we will see some tough competition for Qualcomm. Phones packing this chipset will start launching later this month, which means that you will not have to wait a long time to see the performance numbers.
Honestly, the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 looks mighty impressive, although I am a little concerned about the lack of efficiency cores. I believe the race to idle strategy is going to pay off, and users are going to get better peak performance with reduced power draw.
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