HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 7870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Samsung Exynos 7870. 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
6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon Dual NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 933 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP10 Mali-T830 MP1
GPU Architecture Bifrost Midgard
GPU frequency 720 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 10 1
Shaders 160 16
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.1 1.2
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3120x1440 1920x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps FullHD@60fps
Video codec support AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.4 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 4.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 4 2016 Quarter 1
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 980
484026
Exynos 7870
142158

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 980
698
Exynos 7870
487

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 980
2482
Exynos 7870
168