MediaTek announces Dimensity 7050 chipset, will debut on Lava Agni 2 5G
MediaTek is going through a rebranding phase with its recent chipset releases and the Dimensity 7050 is the latest addition. The newly announced SoC is identical to the Dimensity 1080 that launched back in November.
Dimensity 7050 is built on TSMC’s N6 chip production process and boasts 2x Arm Cortex-A78 performance cores clocked at 2.6GHz and 6x Arm Cortex-A55 power-efficiency cores humming at 2.0GHz. The GPU side is covered by the Arm Mali-G68 MC4.
| Dimensity 1080 | Dimensity 7050 | |
| Process | TSMC 6nm | TSMC 6nm |
| CPU, big cores | 2 x Cortex-A78 @ 2.6GHz | 2 x Cortex-A78 @ 2.6GHz |
| CPU, small cores | 6 x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz | 6 x Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz |
| GPU | Mali-G68 MC4 | Mali-G68 MC4 |
| RAM | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Storage | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Display | 1080p+, 120Hz | 1080p+, 120Hz |
| 5G | Dual SIM | Dual SIM |
| Local wireless | Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 | Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 |
The new chipset supports up to 200MP camera sensors and 4K video recording at 30FPS. It can handle up to 2520 x 1080px resolution displays with a 120Hz refresh rate and supports up to LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and dual SIM 5G connectivity are also on board
Dimensity 7050 will debut on the Lava Agni 2 5G smartphone in India soon.
