Details of MediaTek‘s upcoming Dimensity 9400 continue to emerge, and the latest rumors suggest that it could be much faster than its competitors.
A reliable source, Digital Chat Station (DCS), claims that the Dimensity 9400 will outperform Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Apple’s A17 Pro in terms of instruction per clock (IPC) performance.
DCS confirms previous leaks that MediaTek and ARM are working closely together to develop the next generation Dimensity 9400. This chip will reportedly utilize ARM’s latest processor architecture, codenamed “BlackHawk”.
Qualcomm, meanwhile, is taking a completely different path, as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will use Nuvia-designed processor cores. This is a departure from their usual ARM-based design for flagship SoCs.
The main news of the leak is that the Cortex-X5 Dimensity 9400 core allegedly offers better IPC performance than Qualcomm’s Nuvia cores and Apple’s A17 Pro core in the iPhone 15 Pro. However, DCS did not share any specific numbers to back up these claims.
Instructions per clock cycle (IPC) is a metric that measures the efficiency of a processor. Essentially, it shows how many instructions the processor core can execute in a single clock cycle.
Simply put, a higher IPC score means that the processor can do more work in a single cycle of its internal clock, resulting in higher performance.
If the Dimensity 9400 does indeed outperform Qualcomm’s new Nuvia cores in terms of IPC, it could mean a significant performance boost over the current generation.
However, it is important to remember that these are just leaks. We will need to wait for official specifications and tests to confirm the true capabilities of Dimensity 9400.
