Dimensity 9400 vs Kirin 9020
We compared two 8-core processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9400 (with Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 9020 (Maleoon 920). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9400
- Performs 2.9x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score β 2825K vs 1383K
- Higher GPU frequency (~92%)
- 45% higher CPU clock speed (3620 vs 2500 MHz)
- Supports 25% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 against 68.2 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Kirin 9020
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 900074 | 484142 |
| GPU | 972096 | 269177 |
| Memory | 345330 | 340806 |
| UX | 607687 | 289668 |
| Total score | 2825187 | 1383793 |
| Samples | [72 tests] | [10 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 344.4 MB/sec | 169.6 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 251 pages/sec | 129.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 258.4 Mpixels/sec | 126.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 209.7 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 267.4 Mpixels/sec | 118.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 30.9 images/sec | 14.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 84.4 images/sec | 43.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 9.3 Mpixels/sec | 5.21 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 22 tests | 7 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 43 images/sec | 6.04 images/sec |
| Face detection | 19.8 images/sec | 3.28 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.78 Gpixels/sec | 0.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.63 Gpixels/sec | 0.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.71 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.29 Gpixels/sec | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 73.3 Gpixels/sec | 20.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3456.3 FPS | 568.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Vulkan |
| Samples | 17 tests | 6 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2371 | 454 |
| Stability | 61% | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 3 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 10747 | - |
| Graphics test | 41 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 46 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 42 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 36 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 6272 | - |
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14420 | - |
| Video editing score | 6211 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 16192 | - |
| Photo editing score | 30985 | - |
| Writing score | 19569 | - |
| Phones tested | 6 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 9400
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 (AZA_KEN) | AnTuTu 11 | 2765026 |
| π 2026-09-12 (Oussama barhmate) | AnTuTu 12 | 3135000 |
| π 2026-08-09 (chakzz_0) | AnTuTu 11 | 2935203 |
| π 2026-08-01 -> Dlack | AnTuTu 11 | 2847396 |
| π 2026-08-01 (Dlack) | AnTuTu 11 | 2847396 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-13 (AndreyK) | AnTuTu 11 | 1372431 |
| π 2026-09-09 -> LeofMate | AnTuTu 11 | 1291607 |
| π 2026-08-22 (A_s_t_r_a) | AnTuTu 11 | 1328024 |
| π 2026-04-18 (Antonio) | AnTuTu 11 | 1395526 |
| π 2026-02-25 (BlizardRx) | AnTuTu 11 | 1337422 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9400 and Kirin 9020CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.62 GHz β Cortex-X925 3x 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X4 4x 2.4 GHz β Cortex-A720 |
1x 2.5 GHz β TaiShan V121 3x 2.15 GHz β TaiShan V120 4x 1.6 GHz β Taishan-Little |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3620 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 10 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | Maleoon 920 |
| Architecture | Valhall 5th gen | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 1612 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 4952.1 Gigaflops | 1720.3 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 890 | Da Vinci |
| NPU theoretical performance | 50 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 68.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Balong 6000 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7300 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2024 | November 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6991, MT6991Z/CZA, MT6991W/CZA | Hi36C0V110 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 official site | - |
| Successor | - MediaTek Dimensity 9500 | - |
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