HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Frequency
2860 MHz
3250 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
1 MB
Process
7 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
8
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
-
6 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G76 MP16
Mali-G720 MP7
GPU frequency
600 MHz
1300 MHz
Execution units
16
6
Shading units
36
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
3.2
DirectX version
12
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
68.2 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
MediaTek NPU 880
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
2960 x 1440
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- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution
-
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1250 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Oct 2019
Dec 2024
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Official page
Model number
-
MT6899, MT6899Z

AI

NPU
-
MediaTek NPU 880

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
665,287
1,623,874
FP32 (float)
691
-
Geekbench 6
-
1,571
Geekbench 6
-
6,033