HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

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

253892

Dimensity 9000 Plus

1154947

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 960

382

Dimensity 9000 Plus

1338

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 960

1544

Dimensity 9000 Plus

4318

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 3.2 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	Mali Bifrost	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	900 MHz	933 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 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