Kirin 8000
HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500s mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
MediaTek
Launch Date
October 2024
January 2026
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
SMIC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 8000
MT6991Z/ECZB
Architecture
1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
4x 1.84 GHz – A55
3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
4x 1.84 GHz – A55
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
3 nm
Frequency
2400 MHz
3730 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP4
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU frequency
864 MHz
1612 MHz
Max display resolution
-
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
0.4423 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
128
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
DirectX version
-
12.1
Connectivity
Download speed
-
Up to 7300 Mbps
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.2
5.4
Wi-Fi
6
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
5333 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
-
2 MB
L3 cache
-
12 MB
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Max camera resolution
-
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video playback
4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
MediaTek NPU
Advantages
Dimensity 9500s
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (2400 MHz vs 3730 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (October 2024 vs January 2026)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 8000
989
Dimensity 9500s
+169%
2664
Multi Core
Kirin 8000
2919
Dimensity 9500s
+187%
8391
FP32 (float)
Kirin 8000
446
Dimensity 9500s
+999%
4902
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 8000
646778
Dimensity 9500s
+415%
3331429
SiliconCat Rating
111
Ranks 111 among all SOC on our website
22
Ranks 22 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9500s
