Mobile processor comparison

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

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CPU A

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

8 cores 3200 MHz 4 nanometers Mali-G710 MC10

CPU B

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

8 cores 2860 MHz 7 nanometers Mali G76 MP16

Compared fields 42

Different values 33

Quick factual highlights

MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

Higher maximum CPU clock
Smaller manufacturing process

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

CPU

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus	HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Architecture	1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510	2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores	8	8
Clock speed	3200 MHz	2860 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv9-A	ARMv8.2-A
Process technology	4 nanometers	7 nanometers
Transistors	Not available	8 billion
TDP	4 W	6 W

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus	HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
GPU	Mali-G710 MC10	Mali G76 MP16
GPU architecture	Valhall 3	Bifrost
GPU clock	Not available	700 MHz
Execution units	10	16
Shaders	512	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

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus	HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Maximum display resolution	2960 x 1440	3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution	1x 320MP, 3x 32MP	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

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus	HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
4G	LTE Cat. 24	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, SBAS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

General

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

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