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MediaTek has yet to announce its next-gen Dimensity 9600 mobile SoC. However, given Qualcomm's extractive pricing regime for its upcoming bleeding-edge Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips, a number of smartphone OEMs, especially in Asia, are increasingly turning to the Dimensity 9600 as a viable contender to Qualcomm's AP-related offerings.
OPPO and Vivo, among others, are likely to bank on MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 chip instead of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro SoC
According to the Weibo-based tipster, Digital Chat Station, the Pro Max versions of the next flagship smartphones from Oppo and Vivo, if announced, will likely be powered by MediaTek's upcoming Dimensity 9600 chip instead of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro:
"Ahem, if OV's next-generation Pro Max is confirmed, it will most likely be powered by the TSMC Dimensity 9600 series N2p chip. The SM8975-Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen6 Pro is only a high-end imaging flagship [not simple] (speculation)." [Translated via Google]
We noted earlier today that Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro chip will come with some exclusive features, such as a faster GPU, LPDDR6 RAM, and UFS 5.0 support, albeit with an eye-watering price tag.
While the report about Qualcomm's upcoming bleeding-edge chip had taken pains to note that the AP's eye-watering price tag was not expected to drive away customers, Digital Chat Station appears to disagree with that inference, arguing that Oppo and Vivo would likely opt for the Dimensity 9600 chip instead of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro for their highest-end flagship smartphones.
For the benefit of those who might not be aware, MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 chip is expected to leverage TSMC's N2P lithography process, which provides a 5 percent extra performance boost relative to the vanilla N2 process that will be used by Apple for its upcoming A20 and A20 Pro chips.
Of course, the Dimensity 9600 chip would require every ounce of a possible efficiency edge over Apple's upcoming A20-series chips, especially as the current-gen Dimensity 9500 chip contains no efficiency cores, which has worsened its power consumption metrics, while Apple optimized the architecture of its current-gen A19-series chips to allow them to deliver a 29 percent performance boost at no additional power consumption relative to the A18-series chips.
The Dimensity 9600 chip is also expected to leverage an LPDDR6 RAM vs the LPD5 12GB RAM in the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, which should give it a theoretical edge on memory bandwidth. Also, only the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro will use the LPDDR6 RAM, while its non-Pro variant is likely to stick with LPDDR5.
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