HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs MediaTek Helio G81

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with MediaTek Helio G81. 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

Helio G81

419

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Helio G81

1387

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510	6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	6
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	12 nm
TDP	7 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	750 MHz	1000 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	1024	48
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	2520x1080
Max camera resolution		1x 48MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	2K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

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