…In terms of overall performance, it seems unlikely the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 will offer much competition to the SD888, but most people don’t need that much performance…With yesterday’s announcement of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, it could be Qualcomm has realised this, and perhaps feels threatened by how quickly MediaTek is growing. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 offers almost no improvement vs the SD865+ from the tail end of last year, just a 3.2% difference in the most powerful CPU core. But, it could come at a much lower price.
(Mighty Gadget, Jan 20)
Dale Gai:
- Of note, all three of these flagship/sub-flagship Android SoCs (SD870, D1100/D1200) use TSMC’s 6/7nm process, which is cheaper but performs similarly to higher-end 5nm Samsungs (SD888, Exynos 2100).
- 1H 2021 could mark an important milestone for Mediatek, with a strong chance of the company becoming TSMC’s #3 customer – behind Apple and AMD.