Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs MediaTek Dimensity 7050

We’ve thoroughly compared the latest Kirin 9000 vs Dimensity 7050 SoCs, developed by Hisilicon and Mediatek respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key 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 7050 (3130 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 7050 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 38.34 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 7050 (762 K vs 551 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 7050 ( 44 vs MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 7050
  • Dimensity 7050 has 5.26 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 800 vs 760 MHz).
  • Dimensity 7050 has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 2750 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.
CPU 194527 144109
GPU 280796 140847
Memory 146761 126627
UX 140303 139513
Total score 762387 551096

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 -
Score 6040 4200

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 2.6 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 -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G68 MC4
Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 760 MHz 800 MHz
Pipelines 24 4
Shading units 384 64
Total shaders 768 128
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 686 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 -
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, 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, 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 Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 May 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - -
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Dimensity 7050 official site