MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and HiSilicon Kirin 9000
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 9400
2561838
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
901517
CPU596645242171
GPU1159624315801
Memory402762155272
UX402807188275
NanoReview Score2561838901517
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
11703
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Stabilityn/a54 %
Graphics Test70 fps36 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
2874
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8969
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
File Compression348.3 MB/s146.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser270 pages/s90.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering290.1 MP/sec113.9 MP/sec
Background Blur32.3 frames/s11.8 frames/s
Photo Processing86.9 frames/s29.7 frames/s
Image Detection224.6 frames/s71.8 frames/s
HDR278.6 MP/sec98.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.44 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 81 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 29 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3630 3130
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 15.3 billion
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 759 MHz
Execution Units 12 24
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 1536 768
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 890 AI accelerator

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.3 Gbit/s 44 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 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K 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 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr October, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/CZA MT6991W/CZA n/a

Results

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

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