HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Samsung Exynos 980

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 710A with Samsung Exynos 980. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million
TDP	5 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing		NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G51 MP4	Mali-G76 MP5
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Bifrost
GPU frequency	650 MHz	730 MHz
GPU boost frequency	1000 MHz
Execution units	4	5
Shaders	64	80
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	3360x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 24MP	1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	3.55 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	1.38 Gbps
Wi-Fi	4 (802.11n)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.1	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS