MediaTek Dimensity 8350 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8350, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8350 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 8350
1353134
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU324360430571
GPU484687551063
Memory265076212421
UX279011132317
NanoReview Score13531341326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression181.9 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser136.6 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering163 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur13 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing35.2 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection98.3 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR133.4 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.81 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3350 2285
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G615 MP6 Maleoon 920
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 6 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 768 1024
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek APU 780 Da Vinci

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 24 GB 16 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 2960x1440 pixels n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA n/a

Results

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