HiSilicon Kirin 9020
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9020 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)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (December 2024 vs January 2026)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
MediaTek
December 2024
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9020
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 920
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
840 MHz
GPU frequency
-
-
Shading units
128
4
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.2
-
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

5 MB
L2 Cache
-
10 MB
L3 cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9020
1648
Dimensity 8500
1693 +3%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9020
5420
Dimensity 8500
6897 +27%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9020
1236035
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +91%