MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970

MediaTek Dimensity 9500
HiSilicon Kirin 970
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.21GHz Clock
8 Cores
8 Threads
2.36GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 1716MHz
5.27 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Mali-G72 MP12 746MHz
220 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 3,665
90%
GB6S 380
9%
GB6M 11,015
41%
GB6M 1,315
5%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
MediaTek
Manufacturer
HiSilicon
Architecture
ARMv9.3-A
Architecture
ARMv8.0-A
Family
Dimensity
Family
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Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Codename
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P-Core
C1-Ultra
M-Core
C1-Premium
E-Core
C1-Pro
Codename
-
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P-Core
Cortex-A73
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E-Core
Cortex-A53
Market Segment
Mobile
Market Segment
Mobile
Release Date
9/22/2025
Release Date
10/1/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Node
N3P
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Node
10FF+
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Die Size
141 mm²
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Die Size
Unknown
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Transistor Count
30 Billion
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-
Transistor Count
Unknown
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Unknown
Unknown
8 Cores
1 P-Cores
3 M-Cores
4 E-Cores
8 Cores
4 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
8 Threads
1 P-Threads
3 M-Cores
4 E-Threads
8 Threads
4 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
P-Core
4.21GHz
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P-Core
2.36GHz
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M-Core
3.5GHz
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E-Core
2.7GHz
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E-Core
1.84GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Integrated Chipset
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L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Data
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-
L0 Data
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-
L1 Instruction
64KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/M-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
128KB/M-Core
4-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L2
2048KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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1024KB/M-Core
8-way set associative
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512KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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L2
256KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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L3
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16MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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10MB SLC Cache
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Channels
4
Channels
4
Max Memory
24GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
5334MHz
Transfer Rate
10667MT/s
Clock
1866MHz
Transfer Rate
3733MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
85.3GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
7.5GB/s
Bandwidth
29.9GB/s
TDP
Unknown
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18W Peak
TDP
5W
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 1716MHz
1536 Shaders
1716MHz
5.27 TFLOPS FP32
Mali-G72 MP12 746MHz
144 Shaders
746MHz
220 GFLOPS FP32
MediaTek NPU 990
No NPU
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ISP
MediaTek Imagiq 1090 Photo: 320MP Video: 8K30 HDR, 4K60 HDR
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Modem
MediaTek
MT 5G mmWave R3
5G mmWave
Modem
HiSilicon
HS LTE 18
4G
Speed
Up to 10000Mbps Download
Up to 7000Mbps Upload
Speed
Up to 1200Mbps Download
Up to 150Mbps Upload
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