Mediatek Dimensity 920 vs Hisilicon Kirin 970
We’ve thoroughly compared the latest Dimensity 920 vs Kirin 970 SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Hisilicon respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key 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 Dimensity 920
- Dimensity 920 has 5.93% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (2500 vs 2360 MHz).
- Dimensity 920 has 11.76% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 970 (950 vs 850 MHz).
- Dimensity 920 has 71.49% higher memory frequency than Kirin 970 (3200 vs 1866 MHz).
- Dimensity 920 has 69.51 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 970 (498 K vs 294 K).
Pros of Kirin 970
- Kirin 970 has 66.67 % smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 920 ( 10 vs 6 nm).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 139277 | 77046 |
| GPU | 128453 | 90560 |
| Memory | 96272 | 66398 |
| UX | 134315 | 59977 |
| Total score | 498317 | 293981 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 80% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 2003 | 1050 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 920 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A73 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000MHz | 1840MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2500MHz | 2360MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | 0.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 12 billion | 5.5 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 10 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G68 MC4 | Mali G72 MP12 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 | 12 |
| Shading units | 64 | 192 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 684 Gigaflops | 347 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 3.0 | Dedicated NPU |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | - | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | 32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 2770 Mbps | - |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | August 2021 | September 2017 |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6877T | Hi3670 |
| Official page | Dimensity 920 official site | Kirin 970 official site |