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Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Dimensity 6020

Kirin 9000
VS
Dimensity 6020
Kirin 9000
Dimensity 6020

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Kirin 9000 versus Dimensity 6020 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 42.27% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6020 (3130 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6020 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6020 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 104.03 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6020 (762 K vs 374 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 157.76 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6020 ( 44 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 6020
  • Dimensity 6020 has 25.00 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 950 vs 760 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Kirin 9000
vs
Dimensity 6020

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 194527 105422
GPU 280796 84018
Memory 146761 82373
UX 140303 101844
Total score 762387 373657

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% -
Graphics test 36 FPS -
Score 6040 -

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		 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
GPU frequency 760 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 24 2
Shading units 384 32
Total shaders 768 64
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 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 12 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 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 Yes
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 March 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number - -
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Dimensity 6020 official site