MediaTek Dimensity 8250 Launched For Premium Mid-Range Phones

MediaTek seems to be pretty busy with new launches this year, as the Taiwanese chip maker has already launched several smartphone chipsets, and it’s just a few months in 2024.

The latest product from MediaTek is the Dimensity 8250, a chipset specifically designed for premium mid-range phones. The device’s brochure suggests it is a pretty solid option for mid-end smartphones.

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Mediatek Dimensity 8250 To Power Premium Mid-Range Phones

The latest Dimensity 8250 chipset comes with eight cores: 1x Arm Cortex-A78 clocked at 3.1GHz, 3x Arm Cortex-A78 clocked at 3.0GHz, and 4x Arm Cortex-A55 clocked at 2.0GHz.

The new processor comes with support for camera sensors of up to 320MP or 32MP + 32MP + 32MP, along with 4K60 (3840 x 2160) video capture resolution. Also, the chipset can power devices with FHD+ @ 180Hz and WHQD+ @ 120Hz max refresh rate.

Other highlights of the Dimensity 8250 chipset include UFS 3.1 storage type, Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6E support, and Arm Mali-G610 MC6 GPU (graphics processing unit). Not just that, it also has quad-channel LPDDR5 RAM support (up to 6,400Mbps).

However, the company did not specifically mention anything about when the new chip will hit the market or what phones will be powered by the Dimensity 8250. However, it’s pretty much public knowledge that Oppo’s Reno 12 is expected to come fitted with this particular chipset.

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MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ Launched For High-End Phones

Recently, MediaTek also announced the launch of its high-end mid-cycle refresh chip Dimensity 9300+. The chip has been manufactured using TSMC’s next-gen 4nm node and similar to pretty much launched recently, it focuses on AI.

MediaTek notes the new chipset comes with a powerful NPU that can run LLMs (Large Language Models) with up to 33 billion parameters. Similar to its predecessor, the new chip has an all-performance-core design with one Cortex-X4 clocked at 3.4 GHz, three Cortex-X4 cores at 2.85 GHz, and four Cortex-A720 cores at 2.0 GHz.

It comes with 18MB of total cache and a new packaging technology and supports LPDDR5X and LPDDR5T memory rated at up to 9,600 Mbps. Moreover, the chipset is compatible with UFS 4.0 storage devices and can leverage MCQ (Multi-Circular Queue) technology, which can be useful in boosting read/write performance.

As for the GPU, the Dimensity 9300+ retains the 12-core Arm Immortalis-G720 MP12 and has support for hardware-level raytracing. MediaTek hasn’t specified the chip’s clocks, but there will be a bump certainly. The chip can power smartphones that carry displays up to 4K 120 Hz/ 1440p 180 Hz. However, video recording is limited to 8K 30 FPS/4K 60 FPS, which comes as a surprise, as its rivals are offering 8K 60 FPS easily.