HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Samsung Exynos 9825

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G 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 1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.84 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 ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 8500 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 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 3.0 UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP8 Mali-G76 MP12
GPU Architecture Valhall Bifrost
GPU frequency 700 MHz 750 MHz
Execution units 8 12
Shaders 128 192
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 20MP 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fp 8K@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 2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 0.316 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 2 2019 Quarter 3
Partnumber Hi6290 S5E9825
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 985 5G
467882
Exynos 9825
660058

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
699
Exynos 9825
663

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
2593
Exynos 9825
2339