HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G with MediaTek Dimensity 8500. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 9000 5G

762886

Dimensity 8500

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000 5G

1062

Dimensity 8500

1712

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000 5G

3724

Dimensity 8500

6701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	15300 million
TDP	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0	MediaTek NPU 880

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G78 MP24	Mali-G720 MP8
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	760 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	24	8
Shaders	384	1024
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL API	2.1	3.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	2960x1440
Max camera resolution		1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	4.6 Gbps	5.17 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.2	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS