Huawei Kirin 9030S vs MediaTek Dimensity 6500
37.6CPU36
31.5GPU80
61.4Benchmarks—
—Efficiencyspec-based36
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9030S0 spec wins — MediaTek Dimensity 6500
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: MediaTek Dimensity 6500 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 9030S
No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.
Reasons to pick the MediaTek Dimensity 6500
- Stronger GPU score: 80 vs 32
General
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9030S | MediaTek Dimensity 6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2026 | 2026 |
| Process | — | 6 nm |
| Architecture | ARM (Taishan V124 cores) | Armv8.2 |
CPU
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9030S | MediaTek Dimensity 6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Core configuration | 1x2.7 GHz Taishan V124 Big + 3x2.15 GHz Taishan V124 Mid + 4x1.62 GHz Taishan V124 Little | 2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 + 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 |
| Max clock | 2.7 GHz+4% | 2.6 GHz |
GPU
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9030S | MediaTek Dimensity 6500 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | — | Arm Mali-G57 MC2 |
| GPU clock | — | 1,100 MHz |
Memory
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9030S | MediaTek Dimensity 6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | — | LPDDR4X-4266 |
Connectivity
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9030S | MediaTek Dimensity 6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | — | Integrated 5G modem (3GPP Release 16) |
| Max download | — | 3.3 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | — | Wi-Fi 5 |
| Bluetooth | — | 5.2 |
Media
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9030S | MediaTek Dimensity 6500 |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | — | FHD+ @ 120Hz |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9030S | MediaTek Dimensity 6500 |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTu | 1,293,328 | — |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | 1,336Top 34% | — |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | 4,522Top 25% | — |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | 1,606Top 42% | — |
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