MediaTek unveils the Dimensity 1200 and 1100 - a pair of 6nm chipsets with Cortex-A78 CPU

19 January 2021
The 1200 runs its Cortex-A78 core at 3.0 GHz, which promises a solid single-core performance upgrade over the Dimensity 1000+.

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  • JaydenRMB
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  • 15 Aug 2021

Anonymous, 22 Feb 2021I don't udnerstand, how can mediatek develop and sell ... moreNow hold on just a minute there,
"Even Dimensity 1200 is barely mid-range" what the heck do you even mean by that? Are you saying a chip that is on par with either snapdragon 865+ or 870 is called "barely mid range"? So you mean SDM 865+ and 870 are also mid range?

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    • Anonymous
    • J5s
    • 22 Feb 2021

    I don't udnerstand, how can mediatek develop and sell it's own 5G modem so quickly?
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    If it is that much easy why other chipmakers can't do that (Broadcomm, TI, Pinaeapple etc...)
    If not easy and Mediatek capable of hard stuff then why Mediatek always makes one of the baddest chipsets at the market.
    Even Dimensity 1200 is barely mid-range.

    Very strange...

      Anonymous, 26 Jan 2021You can buy 1000 or 1100 or 1200 for games... Maybe you wi... morei mean that if i buy dimensity and im a gamer i will get the 1000 cus has same gpu , cpu isnt that important with little changes , 1000 cus the lowest price

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        • 7kk
        • 28 Jan 2021

        These two new chipsets have some of the best features and specs

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          • Anonymous
          • 6rA
          • 26 Jan 2021

          digitaldevil, 26 Jan 2021games need GPU ... why any1 will get this soc with same gpu... moreYou can buy 1000 or 1100 or 1200 for games...
          Maybe you will be 30% behind Snapdragon 865 on 1000 or 1100 or 30% behind 888 on 1200 (higher frequency) but you will get more than twice the framerate you can get on Snapdragon 765G...
          Comparer with PC, GTX3090 is a gaming GPU...GTX3080 is still one!

          You can buy 1100 and 1200 for :
          - TSMC's 6nm (very close to Samsung's 5nm)
          - AV1 hardware video decoding (unavailable on Snapdragon 888!...already on 1000)
          - multiframe video recording (unavailable on 865...already on 1000)
          - 5G carrier aggregation (unavailable on 865...already on 1000)

          I will probably get one for these reasons, as Dimensity 1000+ isn't available in my country, I hope 1200 or 1100 will...depend of cameras setup the devices will offer.

            games need GPU ... why any1 will get this soc with same gpu from last year ? if you arent a gamer then why the fak will buy this soc ... so stupid lol stay with 1000 soc same shit different year

              Anonymous, 20 Jan 2021Don't compare with sd870 because it has only cortex a7... moreSo does the Kirin 9000 but it still delivers similar performance as those three

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                • I@H
                • 21 Jan 2021

                i wish that will be added to in the new upcoming realme smartphones in 2021

                  Android-Authority, 21 Jan 2021Isn't Vivo using Exynos 1080? Miezu has used Exynos c... moreYeah, meizu, vivo used them, and motorola used a midrange exynos too. I forgot about meizu, nice design, asus, xiaomi and oneplus were cheaper here though.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • tZ0
                    • 21 Jan 2021

                    Dimensity 1100, how low will prices be from xiaomi, realme? usd 250? usd 300?
                    Am using 3 years+ old phone, time to upgrade

                      Anonymous, 21 Jan 2021Problem is price difference... If this difference is top s... moreIts upto mediatek to change peoples mind. Whatever patents and stuff they are still able to put a lot of chips in various oem devices, just the dimensity is barely available outside china. Helio is in a lot of stuff. Why did they all use that 810 though, did they have a long term contract with qualcomm something? 888 isnt good, but not 810 level trash. 1200 will probably have much better efficiency in every area. If only it had a better gpu too.

                      That gfxbench results show a 30% increase on qualcomm, thats a generation of difference. Qhd screen res doesnt mean games run at that res. Most heavy titles run at 720-800p. So mediatek loses again.

                        Mediatek sux, 21 Jan 2021Because unlike car manufacturers, theres only 2 now in mobi... moreIsn't Vivo using Exynos 1080?
                        Miezu has used Exynos chips in the past as well.

                          IpsDisplay, 21 Jan 2021The 1200 has ray tracing for mobile smartphones... Is th... moreMaybe Asphalt 10 when it comes out the asphalt Sierra always has the best graphics from launch - maybe for those games ported of from consoles/PC like pubg NFS when the new versions come out don't expect any games with Ray tracing to come out at least until 2022/3

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                            • Anonymous
                            • I@H
                            • 21 Jan 2021

                            IpsDisplay, 21 Jan 2021The 1200 has ray tracing for mobile smartphones... Is th... moreMinecraft Bedrock Edition has raytracing options on it.

                            Kinda a moot point since the game is graphically simple, but it does show it has it.

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                              • 21 Jan 2021

                              gimm, 21 Jan 2021no thank you, i don't want to own a toaster phonethe dimensity chips do not overheat, stop being a Qualcomm fanboy and wait for actual reviews. Fanboys are worse than the plague, rude and ignorant af

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 08B
                                • 21 Jan 2021

                                Mediatek sux, 21 Jan 2021Because unlike car manufacturers, theres only 2 now in mobi... moreProblem is price difference...
                                If this difference is top small, Mediatek won't sell any soc.

                                Qualcomm is able to sell massively even defaillant soc (exemple : Snapdragon 810)...due to the name and/or essential patents
                                When Mediatek wasn't able to sell the good Helio X30.

                                You have to change people (and OEM) mind and it's long (there are still people who talks about GPS issues from 2013!!!!). You can't if you're not able to sell.
                                It's a matter of compromise between price and performances.

                                Nevertheless, Mediatek announced 130fps on GFXBench Manhattan 3.0 when SD888 gets 169fps...not that bad.
                                In fullhd+, you will get better framerate on D1200 than on SD888 in QHD+.

                                  IpsDisplay, 21 Jan 2021The 1200 has ray tracing for mobile smartphones... Is th... moreMaybe PUBG-M?
                                  If not, maybe it is for future proofing i guess.

                                    I just want to clarify some things.

                                    So, another specifics for these chips are:
                                    Ultra Core A78 in D–1200 is not only binned at 3 GHz for difference, but in cache: 2×L2 (compared to standard A78 i assume).

                                    The APUs or NPUs in these chips are upgraded too. With better multi-tasking scheduling, which can lower their latency & better the efficiency.
                                    Turns out, these can do native FP16 computing, which relieve some GPU use cases in AI reliant tasks, which in turn, i think, can boost the GPU performance.
                                    Hence the better GPU perf.

                                    Ray Tracing is done with the Picture Quality Engines inside them.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • bxd
                                      • 21 Jan 2021

                                      IpsDisplay, 21 Jan 2021The 1200 has ray tracing for mobile smartphones... Is th... moreReally?

                                      Anyways, i dont really care about that... I always consider this as alternative to high end Snapdragon .. as long as they dont price it as high as high end sd and competitive enough in midrange ... Then im good to use any mediatek soc.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 21 Jan 2021

                                        IpsDisplay, 21 Jan 2021The 1200 has ray tracing for mobile smartphones... Is th... moresurely not many, but introducing it motivates game developers to make use of it