HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Samsung Exynos 2500

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Samsung Exynos 2500. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

1323

Exynos 2500

2653

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Exynos 2500

9901

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510	1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925 5x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Number of cores	8	10
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	3 nm
TDP	7 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Xclipse 950
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	RDNA
GPU frequency	750 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	4	8
Shaders	1024
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.4

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3840x2160
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.2	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS SBAS