HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9010, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9010 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 9010
956941
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1633597
CPU326675350248
GPU192332607362
Memory244416363103
UX193518312884
NanoReview Score9569411633597
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
File Compression170.6 MB/s262.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser126.9 pages/s190.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering142.9 MP/sec213.4 MP/sec
Background Blur12.3 frames/s20.7 frames/s
Photo Processing43.8 frames/s53.3 frames/s
Image Detection81.5 frames/s113.5 frames/s
HDR120.2 MP/sec168.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.08 MP/sec6.99 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 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 2300 3250
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 6 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 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 1536 GFLOPS 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 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 April, 2024 yr December, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename Hi36A0V121 MT6899, MT6899Z

Results

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

Survey

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5 (50%)
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Total Votes: 10

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