Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Kirin 9000 vs Dimensity 9000 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
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
Pros of Kirin 9000
- Kirin 9000 has 2.62% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9000 (3130 vs 3050 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 9000
- Dimensity 9000 has 11.84 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 850 vs 760 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 has 36.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3750 vs 2750 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 has 31.90 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 ( 1006 K vs 762 K).
- Dimensity 9000 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .
- Dimensity 9000 Support 36.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 ( 60 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 194527 | 254411 |
| GPU | 280796 | 384881 |
| Memory | 146761 | 180981 |
| UX | 140303 | 185288 |
| Total score | 762387 | 1005561 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 54% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 47 FPS |
| Score | 6040 | 7853 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130MHz | 3050MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | 64 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 0.512 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15.3 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 4 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Mali-G710 MP10 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Valhall 3 |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Pipelines | 24 | 10 |
| Shading units | 384 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 1076 Gigaflops | 1648 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 590 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 60 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3200 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP |
| 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. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 7000 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | - |
| 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 | November 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | MT6983 |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Dimensity 9000 official site |