MediaTek Dimensity 800U announced with higher CPU speeds, dual 5G SIM support

Michail, 18 August 2020

After bringing its Dimensity 800 and 820 midrange chipsets, MediaTek has unveiled its third entry in the 800-series with the new Dimensity 800U.

MediaTek Dimensity 800U announced with higher CPU speeds, dual 5G SIM support

It’s a slightly tweaked and more affordable version of the Dimensity 800 bringing an integrated 5G modem, dual 5G SIM support (SA & NSA modes) and higher CPU speeds. It’s built on the same TSMC 7nm process and also comes with dual Voice over New Radio (VoNR), and 5G two carrier aggregation (2CC 5G-CA).

	Dimensity 800	Dimensity 800U
Process	TSMC 7nm	TSMC 7nm
CPU, big cores	2 x Cortex-A76 @ 2.0GHz	2 x Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz
CPU, small cores	6 x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz	6 x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz
GPU	Mali-G57 MC4	Mali-G57 MC3
RAM	LPDDR4x, up to 16GB	LPDDR4x, up to 12GB
Storage	UFS 2.1	UFS 2.2
Display	1080p+, 120Hz	1080p+, 120Hz
5G	Single SIM	Dual SIM
Local wireless	Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.1	Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.1

The boosted CPU speeds are for the two Cortex-A76 cores which now clock in at 2.4Ghz compared to 2.0GHz on the Dimensity 800. There are also six Cortex-A55 cores working at 2.0GHz.

On the GPU side, we have the Mali-G57 MC3 while storage is now bumped up to UFS 2.2 speeds. Elsewhere, the 800U supports FHD+ display panels with up to 120Hz refresh rates and up to 64MP camera sensors with 4K video recording at 30FPS.