HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 7885

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Samsung Exynos 7885. 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 980
484026
Exynos 7885

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 980
698
Exynos 7885
332

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 980
2482
Exynos 7885
856

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 6
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt 8 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon Dual NPU -

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP10 Mali-G71 MP2
GPU Architecture Mali Bifrost Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency 720 MHz 1037 MHz
Execution units 10 2
Shaders 160 24
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3120x1440 2220x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP 1x 21MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.4 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 4 2018 Quarter 1
Partnumber S5E7885
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end