MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2750 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs November 2025)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
HiSilicon
January 2026
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
Kirin 9030 Pro
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2750 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
-
128
Shading units
-
3.2
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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

Miscellaneous

- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693
Kirin 9030 Pro
1717 +1%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +16%
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +32%
Kirin 9030 Pro
1785744