Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Dimensity 9500: The performance gap shrinks
Outside of Samsung, it’s not often that two similar flagship phones launch with entirely different silicon inside, but with the Find X9 Pro and X9 Ultra, we have a rare…
This overkill chip opens the door to enhanced Gemini on Chromebooks
TL;DR MediaTek has announced the Kompanio Ultra chip for Chromebooks. The chip supports Gemini, but we’ll have to wait for more details from Google next month. Otherwise, the new processor…
Emulating games on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra? There’s a better option
Robert Triggs / Android Authority While today’s flagship chipsets pack more power than you’ll need for browsing the web and checking socials, gaming and particularly emulating old titles continue to…
Here’s what MediaTek’s new budget Dimensity chips can do
Kris Carlon / Android Authority TL;DR MediaTek’s Dimensity 7400 chips are 4nm octa-core components with an emphasis on power efficiency. Both chips offer AI features thanks to MediaTek’s NPU 6.0,…
MediaTek’s Dimensity 8400 can best Google’s Tensor G4
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The new Poco X7 Pro Iron Man edition sports a MediaTek Dimensity 8400-Ultra processor, a mid-range companion to the chip maker’s flagship Dimensity 9400. Neither…
Google and MediaTek reveal new chip, but it’s not for a future Pixel
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google and MediaTek have announced the Filogic MT7903 connectivity chipset. The two companies said this chip is made for the Google Home ecosystem…
6 trends to expect from flagship Android phones in 2025
Ryan Haines / Android Authority The first wave of next-generation Android phones has launched, with major Chinese players like HONOR, OnePlus, OPPO, and others all revealing their wares. This is…
I tried gaming on Snapdragon’s biggest rival
Robert Triggs / Android Authority I was pretty impressed when I benchmarked MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 processor inside the new OPPO Find X8 Pro. While it might not quite top the…
This brand-new chip has no little cores, could beat Snapdragon in mid-range phones
Kris Carlon / Android Authority TL;DR MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 8400 smartphone processor. This is the first mid-range chipset without little CPU cores, using eight Cortex-A725 cores instead. The…
Google is testing a MediaTek modem in the Pixel 10 series
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing the MediaTek T900 modem in its Pixel 10 prototypes. Not much is currently known about the modem, but it should…