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.
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
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
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
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
Neural processor (NPU)
AI accelerator
MediaTek APU 3.0
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
-
-
Max bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
-
Max size
16 GB
16 GB
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
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