Recently, MediaTek officially released the highly anticipated Dimensity 8400 mobile chip, once again making waves in the market with leading technology. This chip not only inherits the ‘divine chip’ gene of the Dimensity 8000 series, but also brings a leapfrog performance and energy efficiency upgrade for users with the world’s first all-large-core architecture and advanced 4nm process technology. In AnTuTu benchmark, the comprehensive performance of Dimensity 8400 exceeded 1.
8 million points, undoubtedly refreshing the performance record of the sub-flagship market and setting a new benchmark for smartphone experience. Dimensity 8400 subversively adopts eight A725 all-large cores, as well as the GPU G720 at the same level as flagship chips and the eighth-generation AI processor NPU 880 at the same level as MediaTek’s flagship chips. This ‘fully configured’ combination not only shows its ‘unrivaled in the same class’ strength in performance and energy efficiency, but also can compete with the neighboring 8-series flagship 8G3 in multiple scenarios, making it the real divine chip in the sub-flagship market. The first all-large-core CPU in the same class, double leap in performance and energy efficiency Judging from the release data and evaluations from multiple media, the all-large-core CPU design of Dimensity 8400 can be called a dimensionality reduction attack! The all-large-core architecture with eight A725 large cores not only makes Dimensity 8400 comprehensively surpass its counterparts 8sG3 in the same class, but its multi-core performance even catches up with the flagship 8G3. It can be said that the all-large-core architecture design inherited from flagship chips by Dimensity 8400 brings a successful new track for the breakthrough in performance and energy efficiency of the mid-to-high-end mobile phone market. It’s so competitive! In terms of architecture, Dimensity 8400 not only realizes the all-large-core design but also makes significant optimizations to the cache system. Doubling the secondary cache and increasing the tertiary cache by 50% further enhance the system cache. These improvements make the chip’s computing power soar and make it more efficient in multitasking, further releasing the advantages of the all-large-core architecture. Thanks to hardware enhancements such as architecture upgrades and cache improvements, the multi-core performance of Dimensity 8400 is significantly ahead of competitors’ products in the same class by 32%. Compared with the previous generation, the peak power consumption of the CPU is reduced by 44%. It can be said that Dimensity 8400 reproduces divine energy efficiency and achieves a double leap in performance and energy efficiency! With such excellent CPU energy efficiency support, Dimensity 8400 can reduce power consumption in multiple daily application scenarios. For example, in music listening, video recording, social chatting, and high-load game battles, the power consumption of Dimensity 8400 can be reduced by up to 24%, allowing users to truly experience longer battery life.The GPU performance and energy efficiency of Dimensity 8400 have undergone a major evolution. The gaming experience surpasses competing products. The power of the Dimensity 8400 series flagship, Dimensity 8400, is not only reflected in the CPU but also in its GPU performance, which can be described as a ‘divine-level evolution’. It is equipped with a 7-core Mali-G720 GPU at the flagship level. The bandwidth optimization is as high as 40%.
It has also conducted in-depth optimizations on key technologies such as multi-sample anti-aliasing, pixel blending operation output, and texture transmission throughput. The graphic computing power has achieved a comprehensive breakthrough. In addition, the variable rate rendering performance of Dimensity 8400 is increased by up to 86% and it also supports hardware ray tracing technology. These technological upgrades will bring players a gaming experience with full immersion. The peak GPU performance of Dimensity 8400 is increased by 24% compared to the previous generation, but the peak power consumption is reduced by 42%. This divine-level energy efficiency performance of ‘sharp increase in performance and sharp decrease in power consumption’ is truly astonishing and breaks through the ceiling of the same level. In the high-load 3DMark Steel Nomad Light test, the performance of Dimensity 8400 is even more eye-catching and leads competing products of the same level in 2024 by a significant margin of 44%. Such performance can be regarded as the peak performance of GPUs in the same class! It can be said that this performance of ‘significant leap in performance and comprehensive crushing in energy efficiency’ has made the Dimensity 8400 GPU firmly seated on the throne of the king among chips of the same level. More importantly, this GPU performance is not just on paper. In actual gaming scenarios, Dimensity 8400 has shown its strength of being ‘unrivaled at the same level and providing a superior experience’. In high-load and multi-task parallel situations, such as having QQ and Huya Live running in the background while playing a leading MOBA game in 120-frame mode. Compared to flagship chips of competitors, Dimensity 8400 not only has a longer gaming duration but also has a body temperature that is a full 5 degrees Celsius lower. In open-world mobile games that are more demanding on hardware, Dimensity 8400 once again shows its strong energy efficiency advantage. Compared to last year’s flagship chip of competing products, Dimensity 8400 not only has a longer gaming duration but also has a significant lead in temperature control. As a new generation of sub-flagship chip, Dimensity 8400 already has the strength to compete head-on with flagship chips in terms of experience. Dimensity 8400 also supports the Dimensity frame doubling technology. In leading secondary-element games, Dimensity 8400 mobile phones also offer a 60-frame experience. The gaming duration is 38% longer than that of other flagship chips in the industry, and the body temperature is 7.1 degrees lower, bringing a more durable and cooler gaming experience.The Dimensity Star Speed Engine: Synergizing hardware and software for an exhilarating gaming experience. The breakthrough of Dimensity 8400 in gaming is not only due to the hardware strength of its all-big-core CPU and flagship G720 GPU but also the powerful boost of the ‘Dimensity Star Speed Engine’. In recent years, MediaTek has been continuously expanding the Dimensity gaming ecosystem through the Dimensity Star Speed Engine.
By leveraging the synergy of hardware and software and the all-round optimization of the ecological chain, it has achieved more accurate performance scheduling and power management for multiple blockbuster mobile games, further enhancing the stability of game frame rates. This allows players not only to have a more enjoyable gaming experience but also to use their devices for a longer time. For example, in popular shooting games like Peace Elite, Dimensity 8400 can run at a full 90 frames per second throughout, and its power consumption is 24% lower than that of the previous generation. Dimensity 8400 combined with the Dimensity Star Speed Engine is truly a must-have for chicken-eating games! Making the game frame rate more stable and enjoying silky touch controls is especially important for FPS players. Next, let’s look at Genshin Impact. With extremely high-quality 60 frames per 30 minutes, the frame rate of Dimensity 8400 is 14% higher than that of the previous generation, and energy efficiency is increased by 11%. It achieves both high performance and long battery life. The Dimensity Star Speed Engine has been verified in actual combat by multiple popular mobile games on the market. At the press conference, MediaTek also announced that the popular mobile game League of Legends: Wild Rift officially supports the Dimensity Star Speed Engine. Dimensity 8400 achieves full-frame operation at 120 frames per second throughout. Compared with before enabling the Star Speed Engine, the power consumption is reduced by 13.5%. Behind this is the extraordinary gaming experience created through deep cooperation and joint tuning between MediaTek and the League of Legends: Wild Rift team. In addition, for large-scale 3A mobile games like the martial arts masterpiece Naraka: Bladepoint and Zenless Zone Zero, with the加持 of the Star Speed Engine, not only can they be played smoothly at full frames, but power consumption can also be reduced by more than 30%. From hardware performance to real gaming scenarios, Dimensity 8400, with the support of an all-big-core CPU, a new-generation GPU, and the Dimensity Star Speed Engine, truly realizes the dual excellent strength of ‘stable frame rate and reduced power consumption for long-lasting gaming’. Moreover, thanks to the Dimensity Star Speed Engine, Dimensity 8400 realizes intelligent and smooth switching between 5G and Wi-Fi connections, reducing 5G power consumption by 15%. When network fluctuations have not yet appeared, the system has automatically switched to a better network, bringing players a high-speed and seamless connection experience, truly achieving ‘unnoticed, already switched’. As one of the first chips in the same category to support the ultra-high-speed 5G-A mobile network, Dimensity 8400 has a download speed in the 5G-A environment that is 7% higher than that of the previous generation. Compared with industry flagship chips, its heavy-load 5G power consumption is further reduced by 8%.For instance, when updating games outdoors, the Dimensity 8400 enables faster loading and game update package downloads, allowing you to enter the battlefield first. ‘Stable frame rate, low power consumption, fast internet speed, and no disconnections’ – these are the superior gaming experiences that the Dimensity 8400 brings to players. With a full-core CPU, flagship-level GPU performance combined with the many game optimization technologies of the Dimensity Star Speed Engine, the Dimensity 8400 stands out with several ‘unmatched in its class’ performances, providing young players with smooth and enduring gaming experiences, making it the preferred chip for gamers. The strongest AI in its class: Inheriting flagship capabilities, the intelligent experience is maximized. The Dimensity 8400’s AI performance is equally impressive, as it is equipped with the new flagship AI processor NPU880. Compared to the previous generation, the processing speed for large language models has increased by 33%, the long-text processing capability has improved by eight times, and the image generation speed has also increased by 21%. These advanced flagship AI technologies will accelerate the popularization of AI intelligent experiences on the mainstream market. The NPU 880 equipped on the Dimensity 8400 boasts flagship-level AI performance, achieving over 3800 points in the Zurich AI Benchmark test, becoming the AI performance champion among chips in its class! This is a 54% improvement compared to the previous generation, once again proving MediaTek’s leading position in the field of terminal-side AI, laying a strong computational foundation for the AI intelligent experience of smartphones. With the rapid development and widespread application of terminal-side AI technology, AI is revolutionizing the lifestyle and entertainment methods of young people. As MediaTek’s latest sub-flagship chip, the Dimensity 8400 also supports the ‘Dimensity AI Intelligent Humanization Engine’, transforming traditional applications into more intelligent AI applications through powerful terminal-side AI performance. MediaTek has cooperated deeply with several well-known applications to create intelligent AI services that better meet the needs of young people’s lives, assisting in every aspect of young people’s lives to be smarter, cooler, and more fun. For example, MediaTek has collaborated with well-known applications such as全民K歌 and 酷狗音乐. Based on the powerful AI capabilities of the Dimensity 8400, users can generate pleasant songs by singing a few lines, instantly becoming singing gods, and through terminal-side text-to-image realization, achieve dynamic lyric covers and other cool features, making the music experience more interesting and immersive. At the same time, the cooperation with Soul has injected new vitality into social interactions, achieving real-time chatting with virtual friends and fun image generation through terminal-side language models, creating an intelligent, emotional, and personalized user experience for young users.
Whether it’s for daily intelligent tasks or smart applications with higher AI computing power requirements, Dimensity 8400, with its flagship-level AI performance, has set a new benchmark for the AI experience of sub-flagship chips, truly achieving ‘the strongest in the same class’. It will also further promote the comprehensive acceleration and popularization of end-side AI technology. The Imagiq 1080 flagship-level imaging ISP empowers the new generation to easily create blockbuster images. In terms of imaging, Dimensity 8400 also performs outstandingly. Dimensity 8400 is equipped with the Imagiq1080 imaging processor at the same level as flagship ISPs. It supports the QPD zoom hardware engine. Through the deep combination of software and hardware, it can help smartphones focus faster and more accurately during the shooting process, creating a shooting experience far beyond the same class. Dimensity 8400 also supports Dimensity’s full focal length HDR technology. It can be smoothly switched between different focal lengths and present an ideal HDR effect. Whether shooting close-up features or distant landscapes, it can capture richly detailed and consistently colored pictures, greatly enhancing the shooting effect. Comprehensive leapfrogging, continuing the legend of the ‘divine U’. With its innovative design of an all-large-core architecture, the strongest GPU performance in the same class, and powerful gaming performance, Dimensity 8400 has redefined sub-flagship chips with strength. It not only continues the ‘divine U’ aura of the Dimensity 8000 series but also shows strong strength to compete with flagships through comprehensive surpassing of competitors. In actual performance, whether it is the comprehensive suppression of the same-level competitor 8sG3 or partially surpassing flagships in performance, Dimensity 8400’s performance can be called a leapfrog. This is a chip that can not only firmly occupy the top of the sub-flagship market but also ‘toughly compete with flagships’ in multiple fields. In the chip experience battle, the performance of the divine U can be described as a perfect answer. The release of Dimensity 8400 not only allows users to feel flagship-level performance experience on mid-to-high-end smartphones but also marks a new breakthrough by MediaTek in the chip field. The powerful hardware configuration, leading technology optimization, and extreme energy efficiency performance bring an unexpected usage experience to young players and users with high-performance requirements. It can be said that Dimensity 8400 is not only another technological innovation by MediaTek in the sub-flagship market but also a ‘gatekeeper’ of flagship experience tailored for young users. The devices equipped with this chip will become the only choice for young people to fully enjoy high-end experiences with performance and energy efficiency that exceed expectations. At the same time, the launch of Dimensity 8400 also brings a new trend of all-large-core architecture to the industry and promotes the experience of smartphones into a new era.
