Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300 SoCs, from Hisilicon and Mediatek respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Kirin 9000
  • Kirin 9000 has -41.54% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 9300 (760 vs 1300 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 9300
  • Dimensity 9300 has 3.83 % higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 3250 vs 3130 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 74.55 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 4800 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 169.56 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 ( 2055 K vs 762 K).
  • Dimensity 9300 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .
  • Dimensity 9300 Support 74.55 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 ( 76.8 vs 44 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
2055084
CPU 194527 485064
GPU 280796 899463
Memory 146761 357691
UX 140303 312866
Total score 762387 2055084

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 54% -
Graphics test 36 FPS 116 FPS
Score 6040 19522

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 3250MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB 18 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion 22.7 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 5th gen
GPU frequency 760 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 24 12
Shading units 384 192
Total shaders 768 384
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 5990.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator MediaTek APU 790

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDRLPDDR5T
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 76.8 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.2 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 November 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - -
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Dimensity 9300 official site