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HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Overview - Dimensity 1080 Vs Kirin 9010

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 1080 vs Kirin 9010 SoCs by Mediatek and respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 12-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 1080 26
Kirin 9010 53
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 1080 21
Kirin 9010 37
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 1080 79
Kirin 9010 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 1080 42
Kirin 9010 55
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 1080 Kirin 9010
CPU 143941 305156
GPU 140125 197179
Memory 96692 266091
UX 136066 201408
Total score 516824 969834
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 13.04% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 9010 (2600 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 26.67% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9010 (950 vs 750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9010 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 9010 (6 vs 7 nm).
  • Dimensity 1080 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9010.

Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9010

  • Kirin 9010 has 87.65% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (970 K vs 517 K ).
  • Kirin 9010 Support 62.96% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1080 (44 vs 27 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 766
Kirin 9010 1442

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 1080 2252
Kirin 9010 4471

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @120Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

64%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

57%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

38%
Base Frequency

1550 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
    4x 1.55 GHz – TaiShan V121
    6x 2.18 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 12
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 10 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Maleoon 910
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Maleoon
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 750 MHz
  • Execution units 5 -
  • Shading units 64 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 27 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Da Vinci
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Balong 5000
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 4600 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 2500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 1080

CPU
26%
GPU
21%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

HiSilicon Kirin 9010

CPU
53%
GPU
37%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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