HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Samsung Exynos 980

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S 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 9000S

Exynos 980

423757

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

1323

Exynos 980

847

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Exynos 980

1828

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	8 nm
TDP	7 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	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 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Mali-G76 MP5
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	750 MHz	730 MHz
Execution units	4	5
Shaders	1024	80
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	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) 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	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS