HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with MediaTek Dimensity 9400. 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 9400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
748
Dimensity 9400
2874

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
3078
Dimensity 9400
8969

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.63 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 3 nm
Number of transistors 8000 million
TDP 6 Watt 8.2 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0 MediaTek NPU 890

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Mali-G925 MP12
GPU Architecture Mali Bifrost Mali Valhall
GPU frequency 600 MHz 1612 MHz
Execution units 16 12
Shaders 256 1536
DirectX 12 12.1
OpenCL API 2.0 3.0
Vulkan API 1.1 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@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
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2024 Quarter 4
Partnumber MT6991 MT6991Z/CZA MT6991W/CZA
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship