MediaTek Dimensity 6400 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 6400, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 6400 and HiSilicon Kirin 8020
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
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
446033
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU143783430571
GPU74983551063
Memory103023212421
UX124244132317
NanoReview Score4460331326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
803
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 6400
2159
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compressionn/a155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a101.3 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a117.6 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a11.9 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a34.7 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a60.2 frames/s
HDRn/a95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2285
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 6 nm 7 nm

Graphics

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x108 pixels n/a
Video recording 2K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 2K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

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

Other

Announced February, 2025 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 8020 the clear winner in this comparison.

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