HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs Samsung Exynos 8890

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G with Samsung Exynos 8890. 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	1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55	4x 2.3 GHz – Exynos M1 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors		2000 million
TDP	6 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G57 MP6	Mali-T880 MP12
GPU Architecture	Valhall	Midgard
GPU frequency	850 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	6	12
Shaders	96	192
DirectX	12	11.1
OpenCL API	2.1	1.2
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 24MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 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	1.6 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth	5.1	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS