Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Dimensity 920

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Kirin 9000 versus Dimensity 920 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
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 25.20% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 920 (3130 vs 2500 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 920 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 52.99 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 920 (762 K vs 498 K).
  • Kirin 9000 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 920.
  • Kirin 9000 supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 920 ( 44 vs MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 920
  • Dimensity 920 has 25.00 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 950 vs 760 MHz).
  • Dimensity 920 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.
762387
CPU 194527 139277
GPU 280796 128453
Memory 146761 96272
UX 140303 134315
Total score 762387 498317

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 12 FPS
Score 6040 2003

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 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2500MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion 12 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G68 MC4
Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 760 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 24 4
Shading units 384 64
Total shaders 768 128
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 684 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 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
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 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 - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 800 Mbps
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 August 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number - MT6877T
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Dimensity 920 official site