HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with MediaTek Dimensity 9400. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

1323

Dimensity 9400

2874

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Dimensity 9400

8969

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510	1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	3 nm
TDP	7 Watt	8.2 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	MediaTek NPU 890

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	5333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Mali-G925 MP12
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	750 MHz	1612 MHz
Execution units	4	12
Shaders	1024	1536
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	3.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.2	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS