HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Samsung Exynos 990

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G 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 1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.84 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 ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 7 nm
TDP 6 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 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 3.0 UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP8 Mali-G77 MP11
GPU Architecture Valhall Valhall
GPU frequency 700 MHz
Execution units 8 11
Shaders 128 176
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 20MP 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fp 8K@30fps, 4K@120fps
Video codec support 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 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 2 2019 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi6290 S5E9830
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 985 5G
467882
Exynos 990
742857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
699
Exynos 990
835

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
2593
Exynos 990
2669