Ahead of MediaTek’s official launch of Dimensity 9400, which takes place on October 9^th, rumors have been circulating that Samsung may feature the chip in its Galaxy S25 next year. Now the first smartphone equipped with the chip has surfaced. According to the reports by Gizmochina, Wccftech and mydrivers, Vivo X200 series will reportedly be the first smartphone powered by the Dimensity 9400 chipset.

It is worth noting that Dimensity 9400 will be reportedly be manufactured with TSMC’s 3nm, according to Wccftech. This will also mark the first 3nm chip in the Android ecosystem, mydriver notes.

For more details, Vivo is anticipated to unveil the Vivo X200 series on October 14th, which includes the Vivo X200, Vivo X200 Pro Mini, and Vivo X200 Pro. According to Gizmochina, all the models will be powered by Dimensity 9400.

Dimensity 9400, by introducing the Arm Cortex-X925 super-large core, is said to offer a 36% performance increase and a 41% improvement in AI performance if compared to Cortex-X4, Gizmochina notes.

While MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 is said to excel in performance, there have been rumors suggesting that the unit price of the SoC has increased by 20%, which could force smartphone manufacturers to adjust the prices of their flagship models, Wccftech notes.

However, as the start price of X200, which is the base model of Vivo’s latest lineup, has been revealed to be 3,999 Yuan (around USD 570) per unit, the aforementioned concern has been eased, Wccftech indicates.

Recent reports indicate that MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 is priced 20% lower than Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, which enhance the likelihood for Samsung to adopt the chip in its upcoming S25 to reduce the cost.

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MediaTek announced on its official Weibo account that its next-generation flagship chip will be unveiled on October 9.

According to TechNews, MediaTek’s upcoming next-generation chip is the annual flagship smartphone processor, the Dimensity 9400. Based on the expected release date, it will be unveiled ahead of competitor Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.

During a recent earnings call for Q2 2024, MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai confirmed that the eagerly anticipated Dimensity 9400 would debut in October. Following its release, the chip is expected to support most major language models on the market, with the company confident of achieving over 50% year-on-year revenue growth for its flagship products.

Market sources cited by TechNews reveal that the Dimensity 9400 will be the largest smartphone processor to date, with a chip area of approximately 150 mm². This increased size will accommodate more transistors, with the Dimensity 9400 expected to feature over 30 billion transistors, a 32% increase from the 22.7 billion in the Dimensity 9300.

Additionally, recent report indicate that the GPU in the Dimensity 9400 significantly outperformed Apple’s A18 Pro in the GFXBench Aztec 1440p test, even surpassing the PC-class M4 processor. Performance data shows that the Dimensity 9400 achieved a Vulkan frame rate of 134 fps in the GFX Aztec 1440p test, exceeding the A18 Pro by 86% and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 by about 41%.

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