On May 12, Digital Chat Station exclusively reported that MediaTek is about to launch a new 5G SoC, which may be named Dimensity 900 (MediaTek MT6877).
The engineering device with this chipset scores about 480,000 points on AnTuTu, surpassing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G, while the Snapdragon 780G scores around 540,000 points. This chipset uses a 6nm process and features four Cortex-A78 cores. He believes that the first phone to feature the Dimensity 900 will be priced at around CNY 2,500.
Based on its AnTuTu benchmark scores, this chipset will replace the Dimensity 820 and become another heavyweight contender in the mid-range smartphone SoC lineup.
This blogger previously revealed the OPPO PEQM00, which will feature the MediaTek MT6877 chipset. The phone features a 6.43-inch OLED screen with FHD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate, a 32MP front camera, and a 64MP OV64B main rear camera. It also comes with 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and a 4400 mAh battery.
According to Omdia, in 2020, MediaTek’s smartphone chip shipments reached 352 million units in the global smartphone market, up 48% from 238 million units in 2019, with a market share of 27%.
In the past year, Xiaomi has shipped over 60 million phones equipped with MediaTek chips, and Huawei has also purchased a large number of MediaTek chips.