HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500
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 9500
3449366
CPU178879786574
GPU1181091422243
Memory128205725851
UX149511514698
NanoReview Score5747043449366
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
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
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 4000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 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 n/a
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen n/a
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 4 n/a
Shader Units 64 n/a
Total shader 256 n/a
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 5315 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes MediaTek NPU 9.0
GPU Frequency n/a 100 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 12 GB n/a

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
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
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 September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 8000 the clear winner in this comparison.

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