Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8100 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 32
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8100HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Architecture 4x 2.85 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 2850 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 8100HiSilicon 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 6400 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 8100HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
GPU Mali-G610 MC6 Mali G76 MP16
GPU architecture Valhall 2 Bifrost
GPU clock 912 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 6 16
Shaders Not available 256
FLOPS Not available 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 8100HiSilicon 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 8100HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
4G LTE Cat. 21 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 8100HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Release March 2022 October 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6895Z/TCZA Not available
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Devices in database 3 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 8100

Honor Pad V8 Pro WiFi
Honor

Honor Pad V8 Pro WiFi

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pix…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 10050 mAh

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.