Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400

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

Compared fields 35
Different values 26
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little 1x 3.63 GHz - Cortex-X9253x 3.3 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A720
CPU cores 12 8
Clock speed 2500 MHz 3630 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 3 nanometers

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 9400
L2 cache Not available 12 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 9400
GPU Maleoon 920 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU architecture Maleoon Valhall 5th gen
GPU clock 840 MHz 1612 MHz
Shaders 512 128
FLOPS 1720.3 Gigaflops 4952.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci MediaTek NPU 890

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 320MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 9400
4G Not available LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Release November 2024 October 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available MT6991
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 9400

5G
Oppo Find X8s
Oppo

Oppo Find X8s

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1216 × 2640…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5700 mAh
5G
Oppo Find X8 Pro
Oppo

Oppo Find X8 Pro

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1264 × 2780…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 5910 mAh
5G
Oppo Find X8
Oppo

Oppo Find X8

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1256 × 2760…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5630 mAh