This year, I believe that we have heard the word "lack of core" more than once, in order to no longer be subject to people, self-developed chips have become a must for technology giants, through the chip self-development to achieve "no one has me" product characteristics, may be able to kill a way in the fiercely competitive mobile phone market. Recently, OPPO, the domestic head mobile phone manufacturer, brought the first self-developed core Mariana MariSilicon X at the Future Technology Conference, which attracted the attention of the industry and consumers. So as the only independent image dedicated NPU chip on the mobile terminal, how much advantage does OPPO Mariana MariSilicon X have over other chips on the market, and can compete with Qualcomm and Apple A series chips?
We must know that the most direct embodiment of the chip's strength is the computing power, and the stronger the computing power means the stronger its performance. The OPPO Mariana MariSilicon X adopts an advanced 6nm process process, with OPPO's self-developed MariNeuro AI computing unit, the computing power has reached 18 trillion times, and the industry-leading energy efficiency performance of 11.6TOPS/W, compared with the previous actual performance increased by 20 times, and the power consumption is reduced by more than 50%, which can be called the world's leading mobile terminal independent NPU. After all, apple A15 bionic core, which is known as the strongest on the surface, has only 15.8 trillion times.
In order to more intuitively feel the actual performance of Mariana MariSilicon X, OPPO also compared the model equipped with Mariana X with the iPhone 13 Pro Max equipped with Snapdragon 888 model and A15 chip. It can be clearly felt from the screenshots that OPPO Mariana MariSilicon X is undoubtedly the best performer, with higher brightness and dynamic range, very real and natural under the premise of ensuring clarity, and achieving a picture with no exposure to highlights and details in the dark. The Snapdragon 888 model has poor picture quality, and the Apple A15 model is insufficiently bright, and the gap can be said to be quite obvious.
To be able to obtain such a night scene real-life effect, in addition to benefiting from the soaring AI energy efficiency ratio, it is also inseparable from the new upgrade of the Mariana MariSilicon X chip in terms of imagery. It integrates the self-developed MariLumi image processing unit, which can support up to 20-bit processing bit width and 20-bit Ultra HDR, which is comparable to the "human eye level" and is also 4 times the mainstream mobile SoC HDR capability in the industry such as Snapdragon 8 and Tianji 9000. Coupled with the cutting-edge technology of RGBW PRO mode, Mariana MariSilicon X can support the new HDR specification, even in night video can bring ultra-sharp 4K rendering, even the photography can shoot high-quality pictures that are not inferior to professional cameras.
It can be seen that with the help of the above black technology, OPPO's first self-developed core Mariana MariSilicon X is not only a gimmick, but a real force, whether it is computing power or real shooting effect is very good, can be better than Qualcomm and Apple performance in night video performance, which is quite practical for users. Thanks to the addition of the Mariana X chip, OPPO for the first time completed the vertical integration of the image link, this chip will be the general platform, image sensor and image algorithm three integration through, to achieve the software and hardware ecology through, will greatly enhance the image shooting strength, you can look forward to the opPO Find X series of new machine released in the first quarter of next year will bring how amazing the image shooting effect.
Obviously, OPPO's self-developed chip can be said to be the first victory, based on outstanding AI capabilities, cutting into the field of mobile phone imaging, bringing the mobile phone image experience to the level of "4K + 20bit RAW + AI + Ultra HDR", and obtaining night imaging effects that surpass Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and Apple A15, so that the actual shooting experience of consumers has been greatly improved by the naked eye. In the future, self-developed chips will still be the core battlefield of technology companies, and it remains to be seen how OPPO's Mariana X will perform in the Find X series next year.