HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G with MediaTek Dimensity 8400. 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 985 5G

467882

Dimensity 8400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 985 5G

699

Dimensity 8400

1577

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 985 5G

2593

Dimensity 8400

6057

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
TDP	6 Watt	7 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture	MediaTek NPU 880

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	4266 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G77 MP8	Mali-G720 MP7
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	700 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	8	7
Shaders	128	896
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL API	2.1	3.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3120x1440	2960x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fp	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	1.4 Gbps	5.17 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS