MediaTek announces Dimensity 5G chipset

After announcing its partnership with Intel, MediaTek released its new Dimensity 5G chipset lineup.

MediaTek Dimensity 1000 5G now official

Dimensity has dual 5G and WiFi 6 support

The Dimensity 1000 5G is the lineups first ever SoC. It is built on the 7nm process and the company claims that it is the "most power-efficient" 5G chipset to date. In terms of size, the chip does not take as much space since it has 5G integrated. No need for a chipset + 5G modem solution.

Features include dual 5G and WiFi 6

The Dimensity 1000 5G supports dual 5G SIM support. It boasts speeds of up to 4.7 Gbps for downloads and up to 2.5Gbps for uploads over 5G frequencies below 6GHz. In addition, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 are supported out of the box.

The Dimensity 1000 5G has 8 cores (4x Cortex-A77 power cores at 2.6GHz and 4x Cortex-A55 efficiency cores clocked at 2.0GHz) and Mali-G77 MC9 GPU.

It supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4X memory, up to a QHD+ 90Hz screen with DisplayPort support, 5-core image signal processor with a capture rate of 80MP at 24 shots per second.

It can also support a 32MP + 16MP dual camera combo. The chipset can also take 4K video at 60 fps with Multi-frame video HDR support.

MediaTek expects the chips to make it to devices in the US by the second half of 2020. China and most Asian markets will most likely see the Dimensity-powered devices before any regions though.

See also: MediaTek's Dimensity 1000 is a monster, thrashes AnTuTu score of SD855+

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Source: GSMArena