MediaTek has added two new mid-premium chipsets to its lineup, and one of them is clearly aimed at the flip phone crowd. The Dimensity 7450 and Dimensity 7450X share almost the same core hardware, but the X version adds dual-display support for flip-style phones, which is a polite way of saying MediaTek wants a spot inside the next wave of clamshell devices.
The Dimensity 7450X and Dimensity 7450 are now listed on MediaTek’s official website and are expected to show up in upcoming smartphones and foldables soon. Reports already point to the Dimensity 7450X landing in the rumored Motorola Razr 70, which would make sense: foldables need specialized display handling, and chipmakers are happy to carve out a version just for that niche rather than asking phone brands to improvise.
Dimensity 7450 specifications
Both processors are built on a 4nm-class process and use an octa-core CPU with four Cortex-A78 cores clocked at up to 2.6GHz, plus four Cortex-A55 efficiency cores. Graphics come from the Arm Mali-G615 MC2 GPU, while MediaTek’s sixth-generation NPU is tuned for on-device AI with up to 7 percent better performance than previous-generation chips, according to the company.
- Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4 support
- 5G download speeds of up to 3.27Gbps with 3CC carrier aggregation
- Up to 200-megapixel camera sensors via the Imagiq 950 ISP
- 4K HDR video recording, hardware-assisted noise reduction, and Google Ultra HDR support
- WFHD+ at 120Hz and Full HD+ at up to 144Hz
- LPDDR5 and LPDDR4X memory up to 6400Mbps, plus UFS 2.2 and UFS 3.1 storage
That spec sheet puts the Dimensity 7450 family squarely in the middle of the pack, but not in a boring way. The gaming stack includes MediaTek HyperEngine and Adaptive Gaming Technology 3.0, which are there to juggle performance and power rather than just chase benchmark bragging rights. In a market where Qualcomm and MediaTek keep slicing the same segment thinner each generation, efficiency is increasingly the headline feature nobody puts on the box.
Why the Dimensity 7450X is different
The real distinction is the Dimensity 7450X’s support for dual displays in flip foldables. That’s the kind of feature that looks minor on a spec sheet but matters a lot in the device itself, where cover screens and inner panels need to play nicely without draining the battery or making software awkward. The standard Dimensity 7450, by contrast, appears aimed at regular phones that want a balanced mix of gaming, camera, and connectivity upgrades.
MediaTek hasn’t framed this as a dramatic launch, and honestly, that’s fitting. The company is doing what chipmakers increasingly do: building near-twins for different product shapes, then letting phone brands decide whether the selling point is gaming, cameras, or folding glass with a hinge attached. The Razr 70 rumor is the obvious one to watch, but the broader story is that flip phones are now important enough to get their own silicon tweak.
Phones likely to use the Dimensity 7450X next
If the reports are right, the Dimensity 7450X will debut in a Motorola foldable, while the Dimensity 7450 should show up in standard mid-premium smartphones. That split makes the lineup easier for manufacturers to shop: one chip for classic slab phones, one for foldables, same core platform, fewer compromises. The next question is whether MediaTek can turn that neat division into visible wins over rivals that are still treating foldables as a side quest.