HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs Samsung Exynos 9609

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G with Samsung Exynos 9609. 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 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors		3000 million
TDP	6 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G57 MP6	Mali-G72 MP3
GPU Architecture	Valhall	Bifrost
GPU frequency	850 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	6	3
Shaders	96	48
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.1	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2560x1600
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@120fps
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)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.1	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS