MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8000

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8400, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8400 and HiSilicon Kirin 8000
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 8400
1633597
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
574704
CPU350248178879
GPU607362118109
Memory363103128205
UX312884149511
NanoReview Score1633597574704
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1571
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6033
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
File Compression262.5 MB/s137.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser190.4 pages/s70.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering213.4 MP/sec108.9 MP/sec
Background Blur20.7 frames/s10.3 frames/s
Photo Processing53.3 frames/s26.3 frames/s
Image Detection113.5 frames/s55.8 frames/s
HDR168.7 MP/sec91.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.99 MP/sec4.05 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3250 2400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 7 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 MP7 Mali-G610 MP4
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 864 MHz
Execution Units 7 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 896 256
FLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.2 2.0
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 880 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 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
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
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 n/a Balong
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2024 yr October, 2024 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename MT6899, MT6899Z n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8400 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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11 (73.33%)
4 (26.67%)
Total Votes: 15

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