HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with MediaTek Dimensity 8400. 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 950

135741

Dimensity 8400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 950

341

Dimensity 8400

1577

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 950

1294

Dimensity 8400

6057

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	7 Watt
Neural Processing		MediaTek NPU 880

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	4266 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Mali-G720 MP7
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	900 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	4	7
Shaders	64	896
DirectX	11.2	12
OpenCL API	1.2	3.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2960x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	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	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS