HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Samsung Exynos 7870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G 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 1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 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 3.0 eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP8 Mali-T830 MP1
GPU Architecture Valhall Midgard
GPU frequency 700 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 8 1
Shaders 128 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 20MP 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fp FullHD@60fps
Video codec support 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 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 4.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 2 2016 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi6290
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 985 5G
467882
Exynos 7870
142158

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
699
Exynos 7870
487

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
2593
Exynos 7870
168