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?

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

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