MediaTek introduced the brand new Dimensity 8450, a direct successor to the Dimensity 8400 launched again in December 2024. Because the identify implies, the upgrades are minimal, and the corporate launched principally under-the-hood modifications. Apparently, there’s already a cellphone operating the silicon – the Oppo Reno14 Professional.
The Dimensity 8450 remains to be primarily based on TSMC’s second-generation 4nm node with an octa-core CPU with 1x Cortex-X4 core ticking at 3.25 GHz, 3x Cortex-A720 cores operating at 3.0 GHz and 4x Cortex-A520 cores clocked at 2.1 GHz. The GPU is Mali-G720 MC7 with 7 cores and it is clocked at 1300 MHz. If it sounds acquainted, that is as a result of the Dimensity 8400 runs on the identical precise {hardware}.
Nevertheless, the newer chipset boasts gaming and ISP optimizations. The GPU, as an example, now makes use of the StarSpeed Engine, bettering real-world gaming, whereas the improved ISP has live-stream optimizations. The ISP is able to dealing with 320MP sensors with zero-lag HDR imaging. The NPU 880 receives some love too with Agentic AI Engine that permits help for on-device GenAI and LLM workloads.
Lastly, the Dimensity 8450’s 5G modem will get a brand new power-saving function, UltraSave 3.0+, to scale back vitality consumption.
We should always begin seeing the chip seem in higher mid-range telephones within the following weeks and months.
