- MediaTek is cooking up a new Dimensity 8600 SoC fabbed on a 3nm node.
- This makes D8600 SoC better than last year's D8500 that was based on 4nm node.
- It will be powering a number of devices under testing including Honor Power 3.
Looks like MediaTek is cooking an upper-midrange SoC to arrive later this year. Dubbed as the Dimensity 8600 SoC, the chipset is expected to be fabbed on a 3nm node, a much bigger improvement over the last-gen Dimensity 8500 SoC that was fabbed on a 4nm node. Here’s what we know so far about the Dimensity 8600 SoC and the myriad of big upgrades it is expected to bring to the table.
Dimensity 8600 SoC to arrive fabbed on a 3nm process
This just in—MediaTek is working on the Dimensity 8600 that will, as the name suggests, succeed last year’s Dimensity 8500 SoC. What’s interesting is the fact that the Dimensity 8600 will be fabbed on a 3nm node, which means a larger number of transistors, finer details, lower power consumption, and better performance.
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According to a report by DIgital Chat Station (DCS), MediaTek achieved the feat using a “completely upgraded architecture,” although this isn’t official information and rather stems from rumors. Dimensity 8-series chipsets have always been big in terms of performance, scoring dominant positions on AnTuTu benchmarks. The all-‘big’ core design has been acting in favor, and the Dimensity 8600 appears to be inspired by the same.
Although there’s not much information available about the Dimensity 8600 SoC publicly as of now, it seems smartphone makers have already started testing the same. Honor Power 3, the phone with a ginormous 10,000mAh battery, could be powered by this upper-mid-range chipset. In fact, Oppo, Vivo, and Honor, all of these major Chinese players, appear to be testing this 3nm chipset for their performance-focused (and yet cheaper than flagship) devices.
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MediaTek has a Dimensity 9600 flagship chipset in the works as well, fabbed on a 2nm node. It is expected to arrive later this year, possibly sharing the same launch window as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series and Apple’s A20 SoC (albeit both of these chipsets are in the flagship cadre).
