HiSilicon Kirin 970 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 970 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 10 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 5500 million
TDP 9 Watt 4 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon NPU MediaTek APU 590

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G72 MP12 Mali-G710 MP10
GPU Architecture Bifrost Valhall
GPU frequency 750 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 12 10
Shaders 192 512
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2340x1080 3200x1440
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 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 1.2 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 2017 September 2021 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3670 MT6983
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 970
318577
Dimensity 9000
1010753

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 970
389
Dimensity 9000
1278

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 970
1502
Dimensity 9000
4308