HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with MediaTek Dimensity 9500. 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 955

147887

Dimensity 9500

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 955

345

Dimensity 9500

3942

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 955

1180

Dimensity 9500

11178

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	6x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A730 (Gelas)
Number of cores	8	6
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	3 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt
Neural Processing		MediaTek NPU 9.0

Memory (RAM)

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

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Execution units	4
Shaders	64
DirectX	11.2
OpenCL API	1.2
Vulkan API	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	8K@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
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	4.2	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS