HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with MediaTek Dimensity 800U. 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 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 8000 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0 NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Mali-G57 MP3
GPU Architecture Bifrost Valhall
GPU frequency 600 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 16 3
Shaders 256 48
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 2520x1080@120Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 1x 20MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30FPS
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 2.77 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 1.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2020 Quarter 3
Partnumber MT6853V, MT6853V/TNZA, MT6853/TNZA, MT6853T
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 4G
497136
Dimensity 800U
401197

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
748
Dimensity 800U
614

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
3078
Dimensity 800U
1821