Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Dimensity 700

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Kirin 9000 vs Dimensity 700 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

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 700 (3130 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 700 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 700 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 126.52 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 700 (762 K vs 337 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 157.76 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 700 ( 44 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 700
  • Dimensity 700 has 25.00 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 950 vs 760 MHz).

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.
762387
CPU 194527 98632
GPU 280796 71777
Memory 146761 72555
UX 140303 93594
Total score 762387 336558

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% 99%
Graphics test 36 FPS 6 FPS
Score 6040 1097

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 10 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 243 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 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 211 Mbps
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 November 2020
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number - MT6833V/ZA
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Dimensity 700 official site