HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with MediaTek Dimensity 1200. 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 990 4G

497136

Dimensity 1200

682572

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 990 4G

748

Dimensity 1200

1008

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 990 4G

3078

Dimensity 1200

3552

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Number of transistors	8000 million
TDP	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0	MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP16	Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	600 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	16	9
Shaders	256	144
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.1	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3360x1440@60Hz	2520x1080
Max camera resolution		1x 2000MP, 1x 32MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VC-1 VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		4.7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS