MediaTek designs its Dimensity 9200 chip with Wi-Fi 7 and ray tracing

MediaTek is framing its Wi-Fi 7 and ray tracing compatible Dimensity 9200 chip. Enough to allow MediaTek to enter the high-end smartphone segment.

MediaTek is still often associated with entry-level or mid-range Android smartphones, but its chips are increasingly being integrated into high-end models, and the brand’s latest SoC can help with that. The company has just unveiled its Dimensity 9200 chip, which is, among other things, the first Wi-Fi 7 compatible SoC up to 6.5Gbps.

MediaTek draws up its Dimensity 9200 chip

This Dimensity 9200 chip is also the first to use the ARMv9 Gen 2 architecture with new cores. The “big”Cortex-X3 core handles most of the most demanding tasks with three Cortex-A175 cores. Four low-power Cortex A-510 cores help extend battery life. This combination results in a 10-12% performance improvement over the Dimensity 9000 chip while reducing power consumption by 25%.

The biggest improvements were in the graphics. The Dimensity 9200 chip is the first to take advantage of the new ARM Immortalis-G715 GPU, which enables ray tracing, greatly improves performance and efficiency. According to MediaTek, the latter is 32% faster than the GPU of the Dimensity 9000 chip while consuming 41% less power.

compatible Wi-Fi 7 and ray tracing

Other improvements are more subtle but useful. Unlike many MediaTek chips, the 9200 supports sub-6GHz and millimeter wave 5G to provide the best data experience in the four corners of the world. The Imagiq 890 image processor is the first to support RGBW sensors, promising more brightness and detail in photos than RGB. It can also handle motion blur. UFS 4.0 storage, LPDDR5X (8.5Gb/s) memory, and 24bit/192kHz audio are also supported.

The first smartphones equipped with this Dimensity 9200 chip should be available before the end of 2022. Qualcomm probably has nothing to worry about as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip should be coming soon. That being said, this should allow MediaTek to have more of a presence in the high-end smartphone segment, which is good for competition and choice for the general public.