MediaTek Dimensity 9400 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and HiSilicon Kirin 9010
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 9010
956941
CPU596645326675
GPU1159624192332
Memory402762244416
UX402807193518
NanoReview Score2561838956941
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
11703
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
n/a
Graphics Test70 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
2874
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
8969
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
File Compression348.3 MB/s170.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser270 pages/s126.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering290.1 MP/sec142.9 MP/sec
Background Blur32.3 frames/s12.3 frames/s
Photo Processing86.9 frames/s43.8 frames/s
Image Detection224.6 frames/s81.5 frames/s
HDR278.6 MP/sec120.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.44 MP/sec5.08 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3630 2300
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 8.2 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Maleoon 910
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 750 MHz
Execution Units 12 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 1536 1024
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 1536 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.3 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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
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

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr April, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6991 MT6991Z/CZA MT6991W/CZA Hi36A0V121

Results

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

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
9 (60%)
6 (40%)
Total Votes: 15

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