MediaTek Dimensity 9500
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and HiSilicon Kirin 9000S mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 14 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4210 (4210 vs 2620 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs August 2023)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2025
Launch Date
August 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
-
Model Name
Kirin 9000S
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Architecture
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
12
3 nm
Technology
14 nm
4210
Frequency
2620 MHz

GPU Specifications

GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
GPU name
Maleoon 910
1750 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
128
Shading units
-
WQHD+ 180Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

Yes
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

2MB/1MB/512KB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
320 MP
Max camera resolution
-
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
7 W
ARMv9.3
Instruction set
-
MediaTek NPU 990
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500
4007 +228%
Kirin 9000S
1222
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500
11217 +210%
Kirin 9000S
3622
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500
4011932 +334%
Kirin 9000S
923510
AntuTu 11
Dimensity 9500
3760662 +254%
Kirin 9000S
1062256