HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G. 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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 2000 million 8000 million
TDP 5 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1333 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0 UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T880 MP4 Mali-G76 MP16
GPU Architecture Midgard Bifrost
GPU frequency 900 MHz 600 MHz
Execution units 4 16
Shaders 64 256
DirectX 11.2 12
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
Vulkan API 1.0 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 31MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture FullHD@60fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2015 November 2019 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3650
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 950
135741
Kirin 990 4G
497136

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 950
341
Kirin 990 4G
748

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 950
1294
Kirin 990 4G
3078