Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 36
Different values 25
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little 1x 3.25 GHz - Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz - Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz - Cortex-A725
CPU cores 12 8
Clock speed 2500 MHz 3250 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 8400
L2 cache Not available 1 MB
L3 cache Not available 6 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 8400
GPU Maleoon 920 Mali-G720 MP7
GPU architecture Maleoon Valhall 5th gen
GPU clock 840 MHz 1300 MHz
Shaders 512 896
FLOPS 1720.3 Gigaflops 2329.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.2
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci MediaTek NPU 880

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 Not available
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 8400
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 5170 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Release November 2024 December 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available MT6899, MT6899Z
Storage support UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 9020

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

5G
Realme GT 7T
Realme

Realme GT 7T

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED, 120 Hz, 1280 × 2800 pixels (6.80 inch…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 7000 mAh
5G
Realme Neo7 SE
Realme

Realme Neo7 SE

3.6
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz (6.78 inches)
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7000 mAh
5G
Redmi Turbo 4
Redmi

Redmi Turbo 4

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 68.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6550 mAh