HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G 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 5G

576876

Dimensity 9400

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 990 5G

774

Dimensity 9400

2874

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 990 5G

3082

Dimensity 9400

8969

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 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	7 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	700 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