HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 990

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Samsung Exynos 990. 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 M5
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 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
TDP 6 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon Dual NPU NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP10 Mali-G77 MP11
GPU Architecture Bifrost Valhall
GPU frequency 720 MHz
Execution units 10 11
Shaders 160 176
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 108MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 8K@30fps, 4K@120fps
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 7.35 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 4 2019 Quarter 4
Partnumber S5E9830
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 980
484026
Exynos 990
742857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 980
698
Exynos 990
835

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 980
2482
Exynos 990
2669