Mediatek announces new processors and this is all we know

The war in the market for processor manufacturers is intensifying more and more. Fortunately, a war in the technology sector always results in a benefit for users.

Some time ago, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which is the most powerful processor created by the company. Mediatek is not far behind and has presented two SoCs, the MediaTek Dimensity 8000 and the 8100.

Both processors are quite powerful and can prove to be a tough match for Qualcomm processors. In this article we are going to talk a little more in depth about these processors and we will tell you what makes them so special.

Two chips for the mid-range

The mid-range is currently the most competitive sector in the mobile sector, many companies are offering their equipment in it. That is why chip manufacturers strive to offer the best to make increasingly powerful computers.

The MediaTek Dimensity 8000 and 8100 are probably the most powerful mid-range chips to date. It is likely that many of the teams that will make an appearance in the coming months will include these processors.

What is the difference between the 8000 and the 8100?

MediaTek has designed two processors for the mid-range, so you are probably wondering what is the difference between each of them. Well, next, we are going to explain the difference between one and the other.

The difference between the two is very small, in fact, when reading their specifications they are practically the same chip. However, there is a slight difference between them and that is that the 8100 is designed for gaming. This means that it has up to 20% more performance on the GPU.

For its part, the Dimensity 8000 is a chip that is designed primarily for everyday use. However, this does not mean that you will have problems running games with this processor.

Complete specifications of the MediaTek Dimensity 8100

Next, we are going to review a little more about the main characteristics that this powerful processor has. Surely you will be very interested in this new SoC.

This is a quad-core processor which is divided into two, 4x Arm Cortex-A78 up to 2.85GHz and 4x Arm Cortex-A55 up to 2.0GHz. All in all, we have that this is an amazing processor that packs a lot of power.

Other features that this SoC includes are the following.

• Cores :

  Octa core (8)

• CPU bits:

  64 bit

• Memory type :

  LPDDR5

• Maximum memory frequency :

  6,400Mbps

• Storage type :

  UFS 3.1

• Cellular Technologies :

  2G-5G multimode, 5G/4G AC, 5G/4G FDD / TDD, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, GSM, TD-SCDMA, WDCDMA

• Specific functions :

  5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Standby, SA and NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD and FDD bands, DSS, NR DL 2CC, 200MHz bandwidth, 4×4 MIMO, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2×2 MIMO, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback

• Maximum downlink speed :

  4.7Gbps

• Positioning :

  GPS L1CA+L5 / BeiDou B1I+ B2a + B1C / Glonass L1OF / Galileo E1 + E5a / QZSS L1CA+ L5 / NavIC

• WiFi :

  Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

• Bluetooth :

  5.3

A well-known combination

Despite the fact that it is a fairly powerful SoC, the truth is that their configuration is not innovative. MediaTek has been using this setup for a long time.

4 high-performance processors such as the Cortex-A78 offer great performance to this chip. While the low-power Cortex-A55s offer a fallback for the A78s.

Although this SoC maintains this configuration, what is also true is that it offers excellent power for any team. Although MediaTek has a large presence in the teams in this segment, it is not the leader.

The most powerful mid-range computers usually have Qualcomm processors, which offer higher performance. However, it is also important to mention that they also have a higher price.

Benchmark results

MediaTek has just released the Dimensity 8100, so the official benchmark scores, including the AnTuTu score, are yet to come. The same goes for the MediaTek Dimensity 8000.

However, Digital Chat Station, a well-known Weibo blogger, reportedly leaked the AnTuTu benchmark score of the MediaTek Dimesity 8100 in mid-February.

According to the leak, the Dimensity 8100 exceeds 820,000 marks for an integrated AnTuTu Benchmark score in terms of operation. Therefore, it far exceeds the Snapdragon 888's score. However, we will have to wait for the official score when the devices that work with the new MediaTek chipset are launched.