I know that everyone is fed up with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 that overheats. And everyone was expecting MediaTek’s Dimensity 9000 to save Android flagship phones from the fire.
The K50 Pro being the first Dimensity 9000 phone we tested, we of course had to take a closer look at its performance. In AnTuTu, the phone scores 950,000 points, and in 3Dmark 7900. Geekbench 5 single-core is 1300, and multi-core around 4400. And the phone also passed the 3DMark stress test without any problems. This is much better than the 8Gen1 phones that couldn’t even complete the test.
The heatsink material used in the phone is the exact same stainless-steel VC as the K50 Gaming Edition. Thanks to the better processor, the Genshin Impact was able to maintain a high frame rate for a long time, and only twice in 20 minutes of gaming did the frame rate lock at 45fps. The maximum temperature was only 46 degrees Celsius, and the power consumption was not much. Sounds pretty good, right? But that’s because the early system versions reduced the resolution of Genshin.
After updating to the latest system version, the resolution is back to the normal level. But the average fps decreased, the number of lockups at 45fps increased, and the temperature increased. The advantage of Dimensity 9000 was only maintained for 10 minutes. That doesn’t sound good. The frame rate curve in Brightridge, which focuses on GPU performance, is not much different from other 8 Gen 1 phones, and the temperature reaches 50 degrees Celsius. It can be seen that Dimensity 9000 will have a better experience on short gaming sessions compared to 8 Gen 1. But once the game time becomes longer, the K50 Pro does not have a clear advantage.