HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
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 9400 Plus
2878376
CPU178879611291
GPU1181091316366
Memory128205508871
UX149511441848
NanoReview Score5747042878376
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
File Compression137.2 MB/s359.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s252.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec300.4 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s33.2 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s78.2 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s223.1 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec267.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec9.25 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 3730
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 12 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 1612 MHz
Execution Units 4 12
Shader Units 64 128
Total shader 256 1536
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes MediaTek NPU 890

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 85.3 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 24 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 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution n/a 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Balong n/a
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 7300 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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Total Votes: 5

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