HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G with Samsung Exynos 1280. 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 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 5 nm 5 nm
Number of transistors 15300 million
TDP 6 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0 NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 16 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G68 MP4
GPU Architecture Valhall Valhall
GPU frequency 760 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution units 24 4
Shaders 384 64
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160 2960x1440@120Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 4.6 Gbps 2.55 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps 1.84 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 October 2022 Quarter 1
Partnumber S5E8825
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 9000 5G
762886
Exynos 1280
465756

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 9000 5G
1062
Exynos 1280
841

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 9000 5G
3724
Exynos 1280
1902