HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
and
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4210 (2860 MHz vs 4210)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (October 2019 vs September 2025)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
MediaTek
October 2019
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 990 5G
Model Name
-
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2860 MHz
Frequency
4210
8
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Mali-G76 MP16
GPU name
GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
600 MHz
GPU frequency
1750 MHz
0.6912 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
36
Shading units
128
16
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3360 x 1440
Max display resolution
WQHD+ 180Hz
12
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
Yes
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
6.0
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
2 MB
L2 Cache
2MB/1MB/512KB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
-
Max camera resolution
320 MP
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VC-1
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.3
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 990
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 990 5G
969
Dimensity 9500
4007
+314%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 990 5G
3176
Dimensity 9500
11217
+253%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 990 5G
707196
Dimensity 9500
4011932
+467%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
359
Oppo Find X9
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3423
3DMark Wild Life
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
3293
Vivo iQOO 15T
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
19933
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
1026
Honor Magic8 Pro Air
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
7450
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
3325
Xiaomi Redmi K90 Max
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
21035
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
23941
Oppo Find X9 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
94857
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8371
Vivo X300 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
16431
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