HiSilicon Kirin 9010s
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MediaTek Dimensity 8500

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9010s and MediaTek Dimensity 8500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (July 2025 vs January 2026)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
MediaTek
July 2025
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
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Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9010s
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
2 cores x 2.5GHz + 6 cores x 2.05GHz + 4 cores x 1.50GHz
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
12
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
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Frequency
3400 MHz

GPU Specifications

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GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
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Shading units
128
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OpenCL version
3.2
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Vulkan version
1.3
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Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

Yes
4G support
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5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 5.2, поддержка BLE, SBC, AAC, LDAC и L2HC.
Bluetooth
5.4
802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, 2 × 2 MIMO, EHT160
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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Memory type
LPDDR5X
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Memory frequency
4800 MHz
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Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
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Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
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Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
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Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
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Video playback
4K at 60FPS
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Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
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Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9010s
1442
Dimensity 8500
1693 +17%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9010s
4443
Dimensity 8500
6897 +55%