HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 930 with MediaTek Dimensity 8500. 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 930

Dimensity 8500

1712

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 930

Dimensity 8500

6701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53	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-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	1000 million
TDP	5 Watt
Neural Processing		MediaTek NPU 880

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	800 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T628 MP4	Mali-G720 MP8
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	600 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	4	8
Shaders	64	1024
DirectX	11	12
OpenCL API	1.2	3.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2560x1600	2960x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP	1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	5.17 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS