Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Hisilicon Kirin 9000

We’ve analyzed the newly launched Dimensity 9000 Plus and Kirin 9000 SoCs, created by Mediatek and Hisilicon 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 Dimensity 9000 Plus
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 2.24% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (3200 vs 3130 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 36.36% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 (3750 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 50.40 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 (1147 K vs 762 K).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has the latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000.
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 36.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 ( 60 vs 44 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 291317 194527
GPU 430867 280796
Memory 218270 146761
UX 206140 140303
Total score 1146594 762387

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 86% 54%
Graphics test 51 FPS 36 FPS
Score 8685 6040

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9000 Plus and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2050MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 3130MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1024 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 3.5 MB 0.512 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 15.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G710 MC10 Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Valhall 3 Valhall 2
GPU frequency - 760 MHz
Pipelines 10 24
Shading units 512 384
Total shaders 1024 768
FLOPS - 1076 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes AI accelerator

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

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 7168 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 2560 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC

Info

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