Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Dimensity 1000 Plus

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Kirin 9000 versus Dimensity 1000 Plus SoCs, brought to you by Hisilicon and Mediatek respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Kirin 9000
  • Kirin 9000 has 20.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1000 Plus (3130 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 47.37% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1000 Plus (2750 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1000 Plus (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 46.41 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1000 Plus (762 K vs 521 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 47.30 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1000 Plus ( 44 vs 29.87 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 1000 Plus
  • Dimensity 1000 Plus has 11.84 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 850 vs 760 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1000 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 194527 157984
GPU 280796 197648
Memory 146761 78051
UX 140303 87037
Total score 762387 520720

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 54% 98%
Graphics test 36 FPS 22 FPS
Score 6040 3735

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2600MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 0.512 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G77 MC9
Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
GPU frequency 760 MHz 850 MHz
Pipelines 24 9
Shading units 384 144
Total shaders 768 288
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 800 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 29.87 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced October 2020 May 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - MT6889Z/CZA
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Dimensity 1000 Plus official site