Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 9000 PlusHiSilicon Kirin 980
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 3120 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
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, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

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

General

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

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

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