MediaTek just announced Dimensity 820, the company’s latest mid-range SoC and an enhanced version of the Dimensity 800 that was introduced earlier this year. It has four high-performance Arm Cortex-A76 cores at 2.6GHz, compared to 2GHz in the Dimensity 800, while retaining the 2GHz Arm Cortex-A55 cores from the predecessor.
It has Arm Mali G57 GPU graphics plus HyperEngine 2.0 enhancements, support for 120Hz high frame-rate displays, while leading HDR features with MediaTek MiraVision showcases the most vivid visuals in videos and streams. The SoC integrates a 5G NR (sub-6GHz) modem into this single-chip solution with MediaTek’s 5G UltraSave technologies, including exclusive 5G UltraSave Network Environment Detection and 5G UltraSave OTA Content Awareness. The 5G modem design also uses dynamic bandwidth part (BWP) adaption and connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) power-saving technologies.
The Dimensity 820 also supports dual SIM, dual standby (DSDS) 5G technology for access to the fastest speeds and Voice over New Radio (VoNR) services on both SIMs.
The MediaTek Dimensity 820 includes:
- Dedicated APU 3.0 (AI Processing Unit): MediaTek APU 3.0 provides more powerful AI-camera capabilities so users can capture stunning images and videos at the same time, without any quality loss.
- HyperEngine 2.0 gaming technologies: MediaTek’s HyperEngine 2.0 provides whole smartphone enhancements for gaming. Combined with the chipset’s premium five-core GPU it delivers a superb gaming experience with optimizations that reduce network latency for smoother gameplay, support faster response times and enhance display quality. HyperEngine 2.0 also intelligently adjusts the CPU, GPU and memory resources to optimize power and performance.
- MediaTek’s Imagiq 5.0: The flagship-class, HDR-native image signal processor (ISP) supports up to four concurrent cameras and up to 80MP sensors, giving brands more design flexibility.
- Multi-frame 4K Video HDR: Easily to record stunning 4K HDR video even in bright and dark environments. The chip automatically captures frames at different exposures and intelligently fuses them into a single video stream, all in real-time.
| Dimensity 820 | Dimensity 800 | |
| Process | TSMC 7nm | |
| CPU | 4x Cortex-A76 @ 2.6GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @ 2GHz |
4x Cortex-A76 @ 2GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @ 2GHz |
| Memory | LPDDR4x up to 16GB, UFS | |
| Camera | 32MP+16MP, 80MP, HDR-ISP (3+1) / Video HDR / Video NR / Video Bokeh / Video EIS / AI-Shutter / AI-AE / AI-AF / AI-AWB / AI-NR HDR / AI-HDR / AI-FD | |
| Display | 2520 x 1080 (Full HD+) at 21:9 120Hz | |
| Video Decode / Video Encode | 2160p (2160 x 1080), h.264, h.265 / HEVC 4K 30fps, FHD 120fps, HD 240fps | |
| Graphics | Mali-G57 MC5 | Mali-G57 MC4 |
| Modem | 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G Multi-Mode, 4G Carrier Aggregation (CA), 5G Carrier Aggregation (CA), CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, 4G FDD / TDD, 5G FDD / TDD, GSM, TD-SCDMA, WDCDMA | |
| Connectivity | Integrated Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth 5.1, GPS + Glonass + Beidou + Galileo, FM radio |
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The Dimensity 820 is designed for global sub-6GHz 5G networks in Asia, North America and Europe, said the company. It will debut in Redmi 10X that will debut in China on May 26th.