HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
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 9400e
2093827
CPU351356486666
GPU288768840527
Memory443211397851
UX211533368783
NanoReview Score12948772093827
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
2233
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
7258
File Compression203.6 MB/s298.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s215.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec256.6 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s25.6 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s58.1 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s162.5 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec220 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec7.83 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 3400
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 10 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 22.7 billion

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 4 12
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 1024 1536
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Da Vinci MediaTek NPU 790

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 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 7300 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
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 Flagship

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9400e the clear winner in this comparison.

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