Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Dimensity 8200

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Kirin 9000 versus Dimensity 8200 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

Kirin 9000

Dimensity 8200

Gaming Performance

Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

Kirin 9000

Dimensity 8200

Battery life

Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage

Kirin 9000

Dimensity 8200

Tech Insist Score

Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Kirin 9000

Dimensity 8200

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip

Pros of Kirin 9000

Kirin 9000 has 0.97% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8200 (3130 vs 3100 MHz).
Kirin 9000 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8200.

Pros of Dimensity 8200

Dimensity 8200 has 132.73 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 6400 vs 2750 MHz).
Dimensity 8200 has 11.56 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 ( 851 K vs 762 K).
Dimensity 8200 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

Dimensity 8200

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.

Kirin 9000

762387

Dimensity 8200 +4%

850501

CPU	194527	210639
GPU	280796	339646
Memory	146761	139322
UX	140303	160894
Total score	762387	850501

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Single-Core Score

Kirin 9000

1054

Dimensity 8200

1054

Multi-Core Score

Kirin 9000

3724

Dimensity 8200 +4%

4010

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)

3DMark Wild Life Performance

Kirin 9000 +31%

6040

Dimensity 8200

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	1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex A78 3x 3 GHz – Cortex A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores	8	8
Base Frequency	2050MHz	2000MHz
Turbo Frequency	3130MHz	3100MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.2-A	-
L2 cache	64 KB	-
L2 cache	0.512 MB	-
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Process	4 nanometers	4 nanometers
Transistor count	15.3 billion	-
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)	4 W	-

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G78 MP24	Mali-G610 MC6
Architecture	Valhall 2	Valhall 2
GPU frequency	760 MHz	-
Pipelines	24	6
Shading units	384	-
Total shaders	768	-
FLOPS	1076 Gigaflops	-
Vulkan version	1.1	1.2
OpenCL version	2	2.0
DirectX version	12	12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU)

AI accelerator

MediaTek 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 320MP
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	-
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	Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G	-	-
Wi-Fi	6	6E
Bluetooth	5.2	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced	October 2020	December 2022
Class	Flagship	Flagship
Model number	-	-
Official page	Kirin 9000 official site	Dimensity 8200 official site