Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Dimensity 1080
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Kirin 9000 vs Dimensity 1080 SoCs, manufactured by Hisilicon and Mediatek respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.
Review
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
Pros of Kirin 9000
- Kirin 9000 has 20.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (3130 vs 2600 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1080 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Kirin 9000 has 47.51 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (762 K vs 517 K).
- Kirin 9000 supports 62.96 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1080 ( 44 vs 27 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 1080
- Dimensity 1080 has 25.00 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 950 vs 760 MHz).
- Dimensity 1080 has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 194527 | 143941 |
| GPU | 280796 | 140125 |
| Memory | 146761 | 96692 |
| UX | 140303 | 136066 |
| Total score | 762387 | 516824 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 54% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Score | 6040 | 2287 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130MHz | 2600MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | 64 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 0.512 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15.3 billion | 12 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Mali-G68 MC4 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Pipelines | 24 | 5 |
| Shading units | 384 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 1076 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 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 27 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP |
| 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 | AAC, 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 | - |
| Download speed 4G | - | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 4G | - | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | October 2020 | October 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | MT6877V/TTZA |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Dimensity 1080 official site |