HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G vs Samsung Exynos 7870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G with Samsung Exynos 7870. 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
6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 15300 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 16 GB up to 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR3
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 933 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-T830 MP1
GPU Architecture Valhall Midgard
GPU frequency 760 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 24 1
Shaders 384 16
DirectX 12
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 3840x2160 1920x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps FullHD@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 4.6 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps 0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.2 4.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
BeiDou
GPS
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 October 2016 Quarter 1
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 9000 5G
762886
Exynos 7870
142158

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 9000 5G
1062
Exynos 7870
487

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 9000 5G
3724
Exynos 7870
168