HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9010, vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9010 and MediaTek Dimensity 1080
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 9010
956941
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
546747
CPU326675172628
GPU192332115442
Memory244416104408
UX193518154269
NanoReview Score956941546747
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
n/a
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
2302
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Testn/a13 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
965
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
2409
File Compression170.6 MB/s120.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser126.9 pages/s63 pages/s
PDF Rendering142.9 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Background Blur12.3 frames/s6.73 frames/s
Photo Processing43.8 frames/s21.6 frames/s
Image Detection81.5 frames/s45.8 frames/s
HDR120.2 MP/sec75.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.08 MP/sec3.29 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 38 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 27 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 62 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 83 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 86 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 37 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A78)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 2600
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 4 4
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 1024 128
FLOPS 1536 GFLOPS 243.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Da Vinci MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 16 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 2.1
- UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 2770 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 1250 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2024 yr October, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename Hi36A0V121 MT6877V/TTZA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9010 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
32 (54.24%)
27 (45.76%)
Total Votes: 59

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