MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 8020

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9500s and HiSilicon Kirin 8020 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (3730 MHz vs 2285 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs May 2025)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
HiSilicon
January 2026
Launch Date
May 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
MT6991Z/ECZB
Model Name
Kirin 8020
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Architecture
1x 2.285 GHz, 3x 2.05 GHz, 4x 1.3 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
3730 MHz
Frequency
2285 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU name
Maleoon 920
1612 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7203 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 7300 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

2 MB
L2 Cache
-
12 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
MediaTek NPU
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9500s
2585 +88%
Kirin 8020
1377
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500s
8474 +142%
Kirin 8020
3499
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9500s
4853 +188%
Kirin 8020
1686
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 9500s
3232476 +227%
Kirin 8020
988298
AntuTu 11
Dimensity 9500s
3032039 +165%
Kirin 8020
1146138