HiSilicon Kirin 9000E 5G vs Samsung Exynos 980

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000E 5G 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 9000E 5G

737022

Exynos 980

423757

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000E 5G

1059

Exynos 980

847

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000E 5G

3702

Exynos 980

1828

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	5 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	15300 million
TDP	6 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, 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 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G78 MP22	Mali-G76 MP5
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	760 MHz	730 MHz
Execution units	22	5
Shaders	352	80
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.1	2.1
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3360x1440
Max camera resolution		1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	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	4.6 Gbps	3.55 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	1.38 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.2	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS