HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 7904

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Samsung Exynos 7904. 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 7904

140285

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 980

698

Exynos 7904

282

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 980

2482

Exynos 7904

930

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 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	5 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
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit
Bandwidth		14.8 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP10	Mali-G71 MP2
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Bifrost
GPU frequency	720 MHz	770 MHz
Execution units	10	2
Shaders	160	32
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.1	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3120x1440	2400x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 32MP	1x 32MP, 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) VP8 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