HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 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 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
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 7 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million 8000 million
TDP 6 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon Dual NPU Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP10 Mali-G76 MP16
GPU Architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU frequency 720 MHz 600 MHz
Execution units 10 16
Shaders 160 256
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3120x1440 3360x1440@60Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.4 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 4 2019 Quarter 4
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 980
484026
Kirin 990 4G
497136

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 980
698
Kirin 990 4G
748

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 980
2482
Kirin 990 4G
3078