HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X43x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Frequency
2600 MHz
3400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
L3 cache
0
8 MB
Process
7 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
6.9
22.7
TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
GPU frequency
720 MHz
1300 MHz
Execution units
10
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Shading units
36
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
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)
Yes
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Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
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5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 7300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Aug 2018
May 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
AI
NPU
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MediaTek NPU 790
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
2,159,260
Geekbench 6
835
2,233
Geekbench 6
2,132
7,258
FP32 (float)
518
3,993
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.