MediaTek is one of the main manufacturers of processors for mobile devices, there is no better way to start a year than with a leak of new models that a manufacturer of its caliber is about to put on the market, we are talking about the MediaTek Helio P70 and Helio P40 intended for the mid-range.

MediaTek Helio P70 and P40 features

First of all we have the new top of the range SoC from the manufacturer, the MediaTek Helio P70 that comes with an important configuration of 4 Cortex-A73 cores at a frequency of 2.50 GHz and 4 Cortex-A53 at a frequency of 2.00 GHz, we are therefore Faced with a big.LITTLE configuration that is intended to offer the best possible balance between power and energy efficiency. This processor includes a quad-core Mali-G72 MP4 GPU at an 800 MHz frequency and is compatible with Google's TensorFlow artificial intelligence libraries.

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The rest of its features include a memory controller that supports up to 8 GB of 3733 MHz dual-channel LPDDR4X RAM, eMMC 5.1 and UFS 2.1 storage technology, 32 megapixel 30 FPS cameras, and 4G LTE Cat.12 (600 Mbps).

Next we have the MediaTek Helio P40 that maintains the same big.LITTLE core configuration although it complies with a 2 GHz frequency for both clusters. Graphics are also clipped up to the 700 MHz tri-core Mali-G62 MP3, a chanel LPDDR4X dual memory controller at 1866 MHz, and 4G LTE Cat.7 (300 Mbps).

These chipsets will be mounted by Xiaomi in its Redmi range and also in some smartphones in Vivo, Oppo and Gionee. In addition to the other smaller Chinese brands that always display MediaTek-made chipsets.

Due to the importance of MediaTek and Meizu's main investors, we hope that the latter will enjoy these chipsets in their next smartphones. However, reports appeared a few weeks ago noting that the Chinese manufacturer could be in contact with Qualcomm to showcase its Snapdragon series on its upcoming smartphones.