HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs MediaTek Dimensity 6400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and MediaTek Dimensity 6400
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 9020
1294877
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
446033
CPU351356143783
GPU28876874983
Memory443211103023
UX211533124244
NanoReview Score1294877446033
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
803
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
2159
File Compression203.6 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/secn/a
Background Blur16.1 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing51.8 frames/sn/a
Image Detection91.2 frames/sn/a
HDR138.7 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2500
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 10 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz n/a
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 1024 64
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 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 17.07 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 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 LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Balong 6000 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 3300 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr February, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9020 the clear winner in this comparison.

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