MediaTek Dimensity 8300: An excellent mid-range processor

MediaTek is trying to carve out a bigger piece of the pie in the rich Android ecosystem, where the processor field has been dominated by Qualcomm for many years. They have recently started testing connectivity via satellite and have had good success in building cost-effective system-on-chips (SoCs) for affordable Android phones and tablets. The company is putting even more effort into becoming a more recognizable name in the space of premium mobile devices. Therefore, it has established a strategy to introduce a larger number of mid-range processors of the Dimensity 8000 family on an annual basis.

MediaTek recently introduced the new Dimensity 8300 mobile processor modestly and without much fanfare, which will find its home in Android phones before the end of the year. The latest model boasts a powerful 8-core processor based on TSMC's 4 nm process. This, however, is something that was previously only available to flagship chips like the Dimensity 9200+ or Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

The octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 8300 mobile processor supports four Arm Cortex-A715 cores (frequency 3.35 GHz) and six Cortex-A510 cores (frequency 2.2 GHz). Therefore, it is not surprising that it is about 20 percent more powerful compared to its predecessor, the Dimensity 8200 processor. In addition, the new MediaTek Dimensity 8300 consumes up to 30 percent less electricity during operation.

The graphics content is matched by the Arm Mali-G615 MC6 mobile graphics core. This offers up to 60 percent more performance compared to the graphics core built into the Dimensity 8200 model. The highlight of the new MediaTek Dimensity 8300 processor is also support for LPDDR5X mobile system memory.

The octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 8300 mobile processor also supports the 5G mobile network. Here we also find support for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4 wireless connections. In short, everything we need in connection with low-end smartphones.