Kirin 980
HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs MediaTek Dimensity 7500
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 980 and MediaTek Dimensity 7500 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
MediaTek
Launch Date
August 2018
May 2026
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Mid range
Manufacturing
TSMC
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Model Name
Kirin 980
MediaTek Dimensity 7500
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x Arm C1 Pro @ 2.6GHz + 4x Arm C1 Nano @ 2.0GHz
Cores
8
Octa (8)
Technology
7 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2600 MHz
Up to 2.6GHz
Transistor count
6.9
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Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Armv9.3-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Arm Mali-G625 MC2
GPU frequency
720 MHz
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Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
Primary up to 1344 x 2800; secondary up to 1300 x 1200
FLOPS
0.5184 TFLOPS
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Execution units
10
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Shading units
36
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OpenCL version
2.0
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Vulkan version
1.3
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DirectX version
12
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Connectivity
Cellular specific functions
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SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD and FDD bands, DSS, NR DL 3CC 220MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback, Smart Network Suite 3.0
Cellular technologies
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2G-5G multi-mode, 5G/4G CA, 5G/4G FDD / TDD, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, GSM, TD-SCDMA
Downlink functions
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NR DL 3CC 220MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
5.2Gbps
Modem power saving technologies
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MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0+
Uplink functions
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256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO
Wi-Fi antenna
-
Up to 2T2R
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA
5G support
No
5G FDD / TDD, SA / NSA, 5G-CA
Bluetooth
5.0
Bluetooth 5.4, Bluetooth Hybrid Coexistence, Bluetooth Long Range, Xtra Range 3.0
Wi-Fi
6
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, BeiDou, Glonass, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
Up to 6400Mbps
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
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Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
4 MB
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Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
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Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
200MP
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 3.1 2-lane
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
Encode: H.264, HEVC; Decode: H.264, HEVC, VP-9
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K HDR
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K30 (3840 x 2160) - 10 bit
Display refresh rate
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Primary up to 144Hz; secondary up to 120Hz
Dual display support
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Secondary display up to 1300 x 1200 @ 120Hz
AI features
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Generative AI support, global AI ecosystem support, on-device speech recognition, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, contextual replies, notification summarization
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
MediaTek NPU 850
TDP
6 W
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Advantages
Kirin 980
- Higher Frequency: 2600 MHz (2600 MHz vs Up to 2.6GHz)
Dimensity 7500
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (August 2018 vs May 2026)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 980
835
Dimensity 7500
+49%
1243
Multi Core
Kirin 980
2132
Dimensity 7500
+67%
3569
SiliconCat Rating
160
Ranks 160 among all SOC on our website
78
Ranks 78 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 7500
