HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs MediaTek Helio G99

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9010, vs MediaTek Helio G99. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9010 and MediaTek Helio G99
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 Helio G99
422461
CPU326675131367
GPU19233271737
Memory244416100728
UX193518118629
NanoReview Score956941422461
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
n/a
MediaTek Helio G99
1243
Graphics Testn/a7 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
MediaTek Helio G99
729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
MediaTek Helio G99
1979
File Compression170.6 MB/s99.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser126.9 pages/s50.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering142.9 MP/sec70.6 MP/sec
Background Blur12.3 frames/s6.15 frames/s
Photo Processing43.8 frames/s18.8 frames/s
Image Detection81.5 frames/s40.1 frames/s
HDR120.2 MP/sec54.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.08 MP/sec2.79 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 86 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 37 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 91 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 66 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 55 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 48 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Cubot X70 (1080x2408)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2/2.2 (Cortex-A76)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 2200
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 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 1024 64
FLOPS 1536 GFLOPS 128 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 12 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 2.2
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 2K 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. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2024 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename Hi36A0V121 MT6789

Results

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

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