Overview

• MediaTek details a third‑generation All Big Core CPU with a 4.21GHz ultra core plus three premium and four performance cores, claiming up to 32% higher single‑core and 17% higher multi‑core performance with 55% lower peak power use versus the prior generation.
• The chip integrates Arm’s G1‑Ultra GPU with claimed gains of up to 33% in peak performance and 42% in power efficiency, plus frame‑rate interpolation to 120FPS and ray tracing with support for Unreal Engine features like MegaLights and Nanite.
• A ninth‑generation NPU 990 with Generative AI Engine 2.0 is said to double AI compute, add BitNet 1.58‑bit large‑model processing, cut power by up to 33%, and deliver 100% faster 3B‑parameter LLM output, 128K‑token context handling, and 4K image generation.
• A new cache and memory architecture introduces four‑channel UFS 4.1 storage that MediaTek says doubles read/write throughput and speeds large AI model loading by 40%.
• Imagiq 1190 enables RAW‑domain processing, up to 200MP capture, NPU‑assisted focus, and cinematic 4K60 portrait video, while AI‑enhanced connectivity promises up to 10% lower 5G power draw, 20% lower Wi‑Fi power, 5CC aggregation for 15% more bandwidth, and lower latency through congestion prediction.