Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Dimensity 7200

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 7200 SoCs, brought to you by Hisilicon and Mediatek respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.

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 11.79% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 7200 (3130 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 21.57 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 7200 (762 K vs 627 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 8.11 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 7200 ( 44 vs 40.7 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 7200
  • Dimensity 7200 has 132.73 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 6400 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 7200 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 160410
GPU 280796 202112
Memory 146761 119625
UX 140303 144980
Total score 762387 627127

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 24 FPS
Score 6040 4142

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 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2800MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 64 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 0.512 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion 12 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G610 MC4
Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 760 MHz -
Pipelines 24 4
Shading units 384 512
Total shaders 768 1024
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 650

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 40.7 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2560 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 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 AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 2CC 5G Modem
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 0 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 0 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 0 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 February 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - MT6886
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Dimensity 7200 official site