HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000S, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S and MediaTek Dimensity 8400
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 9000S
823241
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1633597
CPU274900350248
GPU150777607362
Memory231760363103
UX165804312884
NanoReview Score8232411633597
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4940
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
n/a
Graphics Test29 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
1324
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4116
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
File Compression172.6 MB/s262.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser125.5 pages/s190.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering136.4 MP/sec213.4 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s20.7 frames/s
Photo Processing45.1 frames/s53.3 frames/s
Image Detection76.8 frames/s113.5 frames/s
HDR118.1 MP/sec168.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.15 MP/sec6.99 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2620 3250
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 6 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 7 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Mali-G720 MP7
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 4 7
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 1024 896
FLOPS n/a 2329.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.2
DirectX 12 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Da Vinci MediaTek NPU 880

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera n/a 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
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 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 5170 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2023 yr December, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename Hi36A0 MT6899, MT6899Z

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8400 the clear winner in this comparison.

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