Kirin 9000 Vs Dimensity 8020
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Dimensity 8020 SoCs by Hisilicon and Mediatek respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 9000
- Kirin 9000 has 20.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8020 (3130 vs 2600 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 8020 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8020 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Kirin 9000 has 10.92% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8020 (762 K vs 687 K).
- Kirin 9000 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8020.
- Kirin 9000 Support 29.03% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 8020 (44 vs 34.1 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 194527 | 169130 |
| GPU | 280796 | 238983 |
| Memory | 146761 | 130727 |
| UX | 140303 | 148460 |
| Total score | 762387 | 687300 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | - |
| Face detection | - | - |
| Speech recognition | - | - |
| Machine learning | - | - |
| Camera shooting | - | - |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
47%
Kirin 900033%
Dimensity 8020Score: 6040
| Stability | 54% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Score | 6040 | 4236 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Hisilicon Kirin 9000 and MediaTek Dimensity 8020Display
| Max On-Device Display | - | Full HD+ @144 Hz, QHD+ @90 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | - | HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
83%
Kirin 900069%
Dimensity 8020
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | - |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 0.512 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor count | 15.3 Billion | - |
| TDP | 4 W | 4 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Mali-G77 MC9 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 24 | 9 |
| Shading units | 384 | 144 |
| FLOPS | 1076 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI accelerator | MediaTek APU 570 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 108MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Balong 5000 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 4700 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | October 2020 | April 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | - | - |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Dimensity 8020 official site |
Hisilicon Kirin 9000
48.75
Review By TenzysTech
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
36.25
Review By TenzysTech
