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Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Mediatek Helio G95

Kirin 9000
VS
Helio G95
Kirin 9000
Helio G95

We’ve analyzed the newly launched Kirin 9000 and Helio G95 SoCs, created by Hisilicon and Mediatek respectively. This comparison highlights the key differences and similarities between these 8-core processors, evaluated through Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and other technical details.

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 52.68% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G95 (3130 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Helio G95 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 153.51 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G95 (762 K vs 301 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G95 ( 44 vs MHz).
Pros of Helio G95
  • Helio G95 has 18.42 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 900 vs 760 MHz).
  • Helio G95 has 200.00 % smaller sized transistor than Kirin 9000 ( 12 vs 4 nm).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Kirin 9000
vs
Helio G95

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
Kirin 9000 +22%
762387
Helio G95
300734
CPU 194527 91718
GPU 280796 91234
Memory 146761 58340
UX 140303 59442
Total score 762387 300734

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% 98%
Graphics test 36 FPS 8 FPS
Score 6040 1464

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 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2050MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G76 3EEMC4
Architecture Valhall 2 Bifrost
GPU frequency 760 MHz 900 MHz
Pipelines 24 4
Shading units 384 64
Total shaders 768 128
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 195.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Da Vinci

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s -
Max size 16 GB 10 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 64MP, 2x 24MP
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, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps -
Download speed 4G - Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced October 2020 September 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - MT6785V/CD
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Helio G95 official site