HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9020 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 9020

Exynos 1280

465756

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

1598

Exynos 1280

841

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

5114

Exynos 1280

1902

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little	2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	12	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	5 nm
TDP		6 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 920	Mali-G68 MP4
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	840 MHz	1000 MHz
Execution units	2	4
Shaders	1024	64
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.3	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) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		2.55 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		1.84 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.4	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS