HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
574704
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
446033
CPU178879143783
GPU11810974983
Memory128205103023
UX149511124244
NanoReview Score574704446033
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
803
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
2159
File Compression137.2 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/secn/a
Background Blur10.3 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing26.3 frames/sn/a
Image Detection55.8 frames/sn/a
HDR91.7 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 864 MHz n/a
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 64 32
Total shader 256 64
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
UFS 2.2
Max. resolution n/a 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Balong n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 3300 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr February, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range

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