Recently MediaTek and Qualcomm's high-end chip dispute can be described as lively, after the snapdragon 8 TSMC version is basically implemented, there is recent news that Tianji 9000 is testing a high-frequency version, and the frequency of its X2 super core will be increased from 3.05GHz to 3.2GHz. Although the Snapdragon 8 TMC version (i.e. SM8475) has not yet landed, its high-frequency version has begun to be tested.
The core arms race is in full swing.
In fact, this is not surprising, after all, the flagship chip not only has higher profits, but also is more conducive to establishing a benchmarking position of manufacturers in the industry, which is more advantageous for the sales of other chips of manufacturers and occupying the mainstream position in the market in the future. For Qualcomm, which has occupied the top of the performance list for many years, this top position cannot be allowed. For MediaTek, after surpassing Qualcomm in market share, and then grabbing the top spot, it can almost complete its efforts to establish a Fa Ge era.
In this case, even if they become turkey dragons, MediaTek and Qualcomm will have to work hard to improve performance.
So, who will win this arms race? I bet ten bucks and Qualcomm wins. Why? From the current situation, although the Snapdragon 8 is full of scolding, Tianji 9000 has a lot of praise, but in the Antutu running sub-version, the top three are still controlled by Snapdragon 8, and eight of the top ten use Snapdragon 8 chips, which of course has less models equipped with Tianji 9000, but also has to admit that although the use of a more advanced TSMC process, its performance can only equal the Qualcomm chip with backward manufacturing process.
In fact, although the running score of Snapdragon 8 and Tianji 9000 is basically the same, from the perspective of specific running points, Snapdragon 8 lags behind in the CPU, which is mainly because of the poor Samsung process, in order to control heat and yield, it has to reduce the ability to work with multiple cores, and it is obviously leading on the GPU, which mainly relies on Qualcomm's advantage in GPU chip architecture. After using the TSMC process, the most conservative estimate is that the CPU performance will also reach the level of Tianji 9000 and the GPU will be flat, which means that the Antutu running score will increase by about 60,000 points, about 6%. Considering the improvement of GPU performance and the frequency increase of CPU, the performance improvement is even more obvious.
And even if it is the Tianji 9000 super core frequency, the performance of the super core chip is also increased by less than 5%, and then considering that the large core frequency has not improved, and the performance improvement is not synchronized with the frequency improvement, therefore, even if the frequency is raised, the progress of the Tianji 9000 frequency increase version will be less than 5%, so one out and one in, after the frequency increase, the performance of the Snapdragon 8 ultimate version or the obvious pressure on the Tianji frequency version.
Of course, the chip's leading or not, not only look at the running score, in the current hottest camera performance, Snapdragon 8 also has its own advantages, stronger performance ISP and computing power, so that Snapdragon 8 in the multi-camera support and optimization, significantly higher than The Tianji 9000, which is also the reason why many people use more Snapdragon 8 chips on the Pro version that emphasizes camera performance.
In terms of market influence, Qualcomm is far ahead of MediaTek, which is not only reflected in consumers' higher awareness and recognition of Qualcomm. Moreover, the cooperative relationship between various manufacturers and Qualcomm is also much closer. At the same time, in Qualcomm's hands, there are many patents and licensed weapons, which can use a series of less bright but immediate ways to ensure their own market, such as buying Qualcomm chips to reduce the payment of patent fees and using other chips to increase patent fees.
Under the accumulation of many years, Qualcomm is still in a dominant position in both technology and in the market. However, the market share of mobile phone cores surpasses Qualcomm, and the Tianji 9000 launched this year has also brought a huge impact to Qualcomm, which is enough to prove the strength and market recognition of MediaTek. At least this year, we have seen MediaTek and Qualcomm take turns, and flagship chips have also been upgraded and upgraded, right?