HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Samsung Exynos 7880

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G with Samsung Exynos 7880. 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	8x 1.9 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	4 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	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G77 MP8	Mali-T830 MP3
GPU Architecture	Valhall	Midgard
GPU frequency	700 MHz	950 MHz
Execution units	8	3
Shaders	128	48
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	2560x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 22MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fp	4K@30fps
Video codec support	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	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	0.1 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS