HiSilicon Kirin 935 vs Samsung Exynos 990

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 935 with Samsung Exynos 990. 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 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 1000 million
TDP 7 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing NPU

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 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T628 MP4 Mali-G77 MP11
GPU Architecture Midgard Valhall
GPU frequency 680 MHz
Execution units 4 11
Shaders 64 176
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 3840x2400
Max camera resolution 1x 20MP 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 8K@30fps, 4K@120fps
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 7.35 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps 3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2015 Quarter 2 2019 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3635 S5E9830
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 935
Exynos 990
742857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 935
Exynos 990
835

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 935
Exynos 990
2669