HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with MediaTek Dimensity 9000. 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Lithography 16 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 4000 million
TDP 5 Watt 4 Watt
Neural Processing MediaTek APU 590

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G71 MP8 Mali-G710 MP10
GPU Architecture Bifrost Valhall
GPU frequency 900 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 8 10
Shaders 128 512
DirectX 11.3
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3200x1440
Max camera resolution 1x 20MP, 2x 12MP 1x 320MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps 7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.3
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 October 2021 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3660 MT6983
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 960
253892
Dimensity 9000
1010753

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 960
382
Dimensity 9000
1278

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 960
1544
Dimensity 9000
4308