MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 9000 HiSilicon Kirin 990
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  3 8
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  1x Cortex-X2 2x Cortex-A76
• A-Core Frequency
  1.80 GHz (3.20 GHz) -
• B-Core
  3x Cortex-A710 2x Cortex-A76
• B-Core Frequency
  2.85 GHz -
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A510 4x Cortex-A55
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 1.95 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 2.36 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.86 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  10 16
• Generation
  Vallhall 3 Bifrost 3
• GPU Frequency
  900 MHz 600 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G710 MP10 ARM Mali-G76 MP16
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q3/2018
• Shader
  0 256
• Technology
  4 nm 7 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 8 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  60 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-7500 LPDDR4X-4266

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus and HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus and HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L3-Cache
  - 2 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Part Number
  MT6983 -
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q3/2019
• Technology
  4 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None