Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 8000
  • Smaller manufacturing process
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Architecture 4x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A784x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2750 MHz 2860 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 8 billion
TDP 8 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
L1 cache Not available 512 KB
L2 cache Not available 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory Not available 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
GPU Mali-G610 MC6 Mali G76 MP16
GPU architecture Valhall 3 Bifrost
GPU clock 600 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 6 16
Shaders 96 256
FLOPS 916 Gigaflops 896 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Da Vinci

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP 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, VC-1
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
4G Not available LTE Cat. 21
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 2300 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8000HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Release March 2022 October 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6895 Not available
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Devices in database 2 Not available