Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8400 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

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

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8400HiSilicon Kirin 9020
L2 cache 1 MB Not available
L3 cache 6 MB Not available
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 24 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

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

Connectivity

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

General

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

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

HiSilicon Kirin 9020

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.