HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Samsung Exynos 980

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 930 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?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	1000 million
TDP	5 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing		NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR3	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	800 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T628 MP4	Mali-G76 MP5
GPU Architecture	Midgard	Bifrost
GPU frequency	600 MHz	730 MHz
Execution units	4	5
Shaders	64	80
DirectX	11
OpenCL API	1.2	2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2560x1600	3360x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP	1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	3.55 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	1.38 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS