HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 9825

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Samsung Exynos 9825. 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 2.73 GHz – Exynos M4
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A75
4x 1.95 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 8500 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon Dual NPU NPU

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 MP12
GPU Architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU frequency 720 MHz 750 MHz
Execution units 10 12
Shaders 160 192
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3120x1440 3840x2400
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 8K@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 2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 0.316 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 3
Partnumber S5E9825
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 980
484026
Exynos 9825
660058

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 980
698
Exynos 9825
663

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 980
2482
Exynos 9825
2339