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?

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

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	Mali Midgard	Mali 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