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Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Dimensity 8100

Kirin 9000
VS
Dimensity 8100
Kirin 9000
Dimensity 8100

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Kirin 9000 vs Dimensity 8100 SoCs, designed by Hisilicon and Mediatek respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 9.82% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (3130 vs 2850 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8100 (4 vs 5 nm).
Pros of Dimensity 8100
  • Dimensity 8100 has 20.00 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 912 vs 760 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 132.73 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 6400 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 6.05 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 ( 809 K vs 762 K).
  • Dimensity 8100 Support 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 ( 51.2 vs 44 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Kirin 9000
vs
Dimensity 8100

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 194527 204875
GPU 280796 311503
Memory 146761 130636
UX 140303 161518
Total score 762387 808532

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% 94%
Graphics test 36 FPS 34 FPS
Score 6040 5620

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		 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2850MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G610 MC6
Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 760 MHz 912 MHz
Pipelines 24 6
Shading units 384 -
Total shaders 768 -
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 APU 580 (multi-core)

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB -

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 R16-ready 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 - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 March 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - MT6895Z/TCZA
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Dimensity 8100 official site