HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and MediaTek Dimensity 8450
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 8450
1675507
CPU351356388482
GPU288768610993
Memory443211375299
UX211533300733
NanoReview Score12948771675507
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
1617
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
6406
File Compression203.6 MB/s281.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s197.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec233.6 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s24 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s55.9 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s138.6 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec200.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec7.2 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 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 2500 3250
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 10 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 920 Mali-G720 MP7
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 4 7
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 1024 896
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 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 6000 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 5170 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8450 the clear winner in this comparison.

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