HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9020 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 9020

1598

Exynos 2500

2653

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

5114

Exynos 2500

9901

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little	1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925 5x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Number of cores	12	10
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	3 nm
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 920	Xclipse 950
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	RDNA
GPU frequency	840 MHz	1300 MHz
Execution units	2	8
Shaders	1024
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.3	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
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.4	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS SBAS