Overview - Dimensity 9000 Plus Vs Kirin 9000

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Kirin 9000 SoCs by Mediatek and Hisilicon 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 9000 Plus 53
Kirin 9000 41
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9000 Plus 50
Kirin 9000 36
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9000 Plus 86
Kirin 9000 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9000 Plus 63
Kirin 9000 54
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9000 Plus Kirin 9000
CPU 291317 194527
GPU 430867 280796
Memory 218270 146761
UX 206140 140303
Total score 1146594 762387
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus

  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 2.24% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (3200 vs 3130 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 36.36% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 (3750 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 50.40% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 (1,147 K vs 762 K).
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000.
  • Dimensity 9000 Plus Support 36.36% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 (60 vs 44 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 Plus 1349
Kirin 9000 1054

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 Plus 4342
Kirin 9000 3724

3DMark

Stability 86%

Graphics test 51 FPS
Stability 54%

Graphics test 36 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 180Hz, WQHD+ @ 144Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display 2K @ 144 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+ Adaptive -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

83%
Turbo Clock Speed

3130 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

93%
Base Frequency

2050 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
    1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
    3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
    4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 1024 KB 64 KB
  • L2 cache 3.5 MB 0.512 MB
  • L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - 15.3 Billion
  • TDP 4 W 4 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G710 MC10 Mali-G78 MP24
  • Architecture Valhall 3 Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency - 760 MHz
  • Execution units 10 24
  • Shading units 512 384
  • FLOPS - 1076 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2 2
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3750 MHz 2750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes AI accelerator
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Balong 5000
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus

CPU
53%
GPU
50%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Hisilicon Kirin 9000

CPU
41%
GPU
36%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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