HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs MediaTek Dimensity 900

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G with MediaTek Dimensity 900. 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 5G

576876

Dimensity 900

435318

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 990 5G

774

Dimensity 900

704

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 990 5G

3082

Dimensity 900

2139

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2.0 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	10000 million
TDP	7 Watt	10 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 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP16	Mali-G68 MP4
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Valhall
GPU frequency	700 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	16	4
Shaders	256	64
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
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 108MP, 2x 20MP
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)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS