Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) 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 990 (5G)MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
Architecture 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 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 2860 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 8 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 4 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
L1 cache 512 KB 1024 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 3.5 MB
L3 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
GPU Mali G76 MP16 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU architecture Bifrost Valhall 3
GPU clock 700 MHz Not available
Execution units 16 10
Shaders 256 512
FLOPS 896 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Yes

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VC-1 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
4G LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2300 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 1250 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
Release October 2019 July 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Storage support UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1
Devices in database Not available 4