Kirin 9000 Vs Helio G96
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Helio G96 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 52.68% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (3130 vs 2050 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 66.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (4 vs 12 nm).
- Kirin 9000 has 124.59% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (762 K vs 339 K).
Pros of Mediatek Helio G96
- Helio G96 has 25.00% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (950 vs 760 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 194527 | 98570 |
| GPU | 280796 | 76840 |
| Memory | 146761 | 70017 |
| UX | 140303 | 94023 |
| Total score | 762387 | 339450 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | - |
| Face detection | - | - |
| Speech recognition | - | - |
| Machine learning | - | - |
| Camera shooting | - | - |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
47%
Kirin 90008%
Mediatek G96Score: 6040
| Stability | 54% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 6040 | 1086 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Hisilicon Kirin 9000 and Mediatek Helio G96Display
| Max On-Device Display | - | FHD+ @ 120Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | - | HDR10 |
| Color Depth | - | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | - | Rec2020 |
CPU
83%
Kirin 900054%
Mediatek G96
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130 MHz | 2050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 0.512 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nm | 12 nm |
| Transistor count | 15.3 Billion | - |
| TDP | 4 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Mali G57 MC2 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Execution units | 24 | 2 |
| Shading units | 384 | 32 |
| 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 | 2 x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 16 GB | 10 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI accelerator | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
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. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7168 Mbps | - |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 2560 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | October 2020 | June 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Model number | - | MT6781 |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Helio G96 official site |
Hisilicon Kirin 9000
48.75
Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Helio G96
23.25
Review By TenzysTech
