Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 34
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 980 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 980MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
Architecture 2x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2600 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 4 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 980MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
L1 cache 512 KB 1024 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 3.5 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 31.78 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 980MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
GPU Mali G76 MP10 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU architecture Bifrost Valhall 3
GPU clock 720 MHz Not available
Execution units 10 10
Shaders 160 512
FLOPS 691 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 980MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
Maximum display resolution 3120 x 1440 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 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 AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 980MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
4G LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1400 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 200 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 980MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
Release August 2018 July 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Storage support UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1
Devices in database 24 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 980

PDF manual 4G
Huawei P30 Pro New Edition
Huawei

Huawei P30 Pro New Edition

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.47 inch…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4200 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova 5T
Huawei

Huawei Nova 5T

3.7
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.26…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3750 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei Mate 20 X 5G
Huawei

Huawei Mate 20 X 5G

3.3
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1080 × 2244 pixels (7.20 inch…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4200 mAh
4G
Huawei MediaPad M6 10.8
Huawei

Huawei MediaPad M6 10.8

3.1
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (10.8…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7500 mAh
4G
Huawei MediaPad M6 8.4 WiFi
Huawei

Huawei MediaPad M6 8.4 WiFi

3.0
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (8.40 i…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6100 mAh
4G
Huawei MediaPad M6 8.4
Huawei

Huawei MediaPad M6 8.4

3.3
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 1600 × 2560 pixels (8.40…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6100 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Huawei Nova 5 Pro
Huawei

Huawei Nova 5 Pro

2.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.39 inch…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3500 mAh

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

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