Vivo X90 and MediaTek Dimensity 9200 fail to outperform the A16 Bionic in a real-world gaming test

The Vivo X90 does put up a great performance. (Source: Vivo)

The Dimensity 9200 has only been used on the Vivo X90 so far, and looks to be a home run, especially GPU-wise. The MediaTek chipset outperformed the Apple A16 Bionic in synthetic GPU benchmarks recently, and has now been put through a real-world gaming test.

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Synthetic benchmarks of the Dimensity 9200 on the Vivo X90 posed the MediaTek chipset's GPU as best in class, even ahead of Apple's A16 Bionic on the iPhone 14 Pro phones. The Vivo X90 has now been put through a real-world Genshin Impact gaming test for a more accurate evaluation of the Immortalis-G715's graphical prowess, with some rather interesting results.

For one, it does appear that the Vivo X90 and its Dimensity 9200 are unable to dethrone the A16 Bionic in the real world. The premium phone records an average of 57.5 FPS across the test. That may be a big upgrade on the Dimensity 9000's 52.9 FPS, but falls short of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1-powered Xiaomi 12T Pro and the A16 Bionic-powered iPhone 14 Pro Max with 59.2 and 58.4 FPS respectively.

Efficiency-wise, the Dimensity 9200 on the Vivo X90 also looks to be a tad worse than the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 on the Xiaomi 12T Pro and Xiaomi 12S Ultra. Ditto the A16 Bionic.

It's important to note that the Vivo X90 looks to be a conservative application of the Dimensity 9200. That is shown, to an extent, by the recorded temperatures, with the Vivo X90 peaking at 41.3 °C. The iPhone 14 Pro Max hits 46.7 °C in comparison. Likely, when utilized by a company like Xiaomi, the MediaTek chipset will be capable of better raw performance and could well surpass the A16 Bionic across the board.

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