HiSilicon Kirin 935 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G

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The HiSilicon Kirin 935 and the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G are both powerful processors, but they have significant differences in their specifications.

The HiSilicon Kirin 935 features an architecture of 4x 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 and 4x 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, offering a total of 8 cores. It has a 28 nm lithography and houses around 1000 million transistors. With a TDP of 7 watts, this processor delivers a decent performance within its power limitations.

On the other hand, the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G surpasses its predecessor with more advanced features. It boasts an architecture of 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77, 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77, and 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55, also offering a total of 8 cores. With an improved 5 nm lithography, it contains a whopping 15300 million transistors, indicating a significant boost in performance compared to the Kirin 935. Despite the enhanced capabilities, it manages to operate at a TDP of 6 watts.

One notable addition to the Kirin 9000 5G is its Neural Processing capability, which includes Ascend Lite (2x) and Ascend Tiny (1x). This addition, along with the HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0, enables the processor to handle complex AI tasks more effectively, further enhancing the overall performance.

In conclusion, the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G surpasses the Kirin 935 in most aspects. It offers a more advanced architecture, operates on a smaller lithography, and contains significantly more transistors. Additionally, the inclusion of Neural Processing capability allows for improved AI performance. However, both processors have relatively low TDP values, indicating efficiency in power consumption.

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Number of transistors 1000 million 15300 million
TDP 7 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 800 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0 UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T628 MP4 Mali-G78 MP24
GPU Architecture Midgard Valhall
GPU frequency 680 MHz 760 MHz
Execution units 4 24
Shaders 64 384
DirectX 11 12
OpenCL API 1.2 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2560x1600 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 20MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.3 Gbps 4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2015 Quarter 2 2020 October
Partnumber Hi3635
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 935
Kirin 9000 5G
762886

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 935
Kirin 9000 5G
1062

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 935
Kirin 9000 5G
3724