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The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 series tablets could be powered by Dimensity 9300 Plus chipset. The South Korean tech giant may be ditching the tried and tested Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs (System on a Chip).
Entire Samsung Galaxy S10 series getting Dimensity 9300 Plus?
Samsung has remained loyal to Qualcomm and steadfastly preferred the latter’s flagship offerings for its smartphones and tablets. However, moving forward, Samsung could expand its horizons and move beyond Exynos and Snapdragon SoCs.
According to reliable tipster Ice Universe, Samsung is switching to MediaTek SoCs for the upcoming Galaxy-branded tablets. Specifically speaking, the entire Galaxy Tab S10 series could pack a MediaTek Dimensity 9300 plus chip.
It has been confirmed that the Galaxy Tab S10 series will all use the MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ chip.
— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) July 18, 2024
Samsung hasn’t officially announced the series yet. However, some rumors suggest the company won’t offer a “base” model of the Galaxy S10 tablet. This makes Ice Universe’s claim even more interesting.
It is important to note that such rumors have routinely appeared in the past. However, Samsung kept on proving them wrong. While the exact reason to avoid MediaTek SoCs isn’t clear, several experts suggest Samsung intends to steadfastly position its tablets in the premium category.
MediaTek has been steadily improving its offerings. However, despite significant gains in terms of efficiency and processing power, the company’s chipsets are still majorly considered for budget and mid-range category smartphones and tablets.
Will Dimensity 9300 Plus match a flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC?
It appears Samsung may be shifting to MediaTek primarily due to rising costs. However, it is also possible that the company is looking to expand or diversify its supply chain.
Samsung could have embedded its Exynos chipsets in the Galaxy Tab S10 series. However, the company’s chipsets still haven’t comfortably beaten Qualcomm’s flagship SoCs. Opting for Dimensity chips could adversely impact Exynos especially when Samsung is reportedly readying Exynos 2500, a flagship-grade SoC.
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus announced.
Specifications 9300+
– 3rd Gen 4nm TSMC process
🔳 CPU
1 × 3.40GHz Cortex X4
3 × 2.85GHz Cortex X4
4 × 2.0GHz Cortex A720
🎮 GPU
Arm Immortalis-G720 MC12
12 core, Hardware ray tracing
– LPDDR5x & LPDDR5T RAM support
– UFS 4.0 + MCQ… pic.twitter.com/xNoKI3GIku— Abhishek Yadav (@yabhishekhd) May 7, 2024
MediaTek has officially announced the Dimensity 9300 Plus SoC. It is a flagship octa-core chipset capable of hitting 3.4GHz. It supports LPDDR5T/LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 + MCQ storage.
The MediaTek NPU 790 packaged inside the Dimensity 9300 Plus supports Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI). There’s a 12-core GPU onboard which claims to support up to 4K gaming at high frame rates with hardware-accelerated raytracing. Some of the other notable features include support for Wi-Fi 7, 5G, and Bluetooth 5.4.