HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G. 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 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
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 8000 million 8000 million
TDP 6 Watt 7 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0 Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

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-G76 MP16 Mali-G76 MP16
GPU Architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU frequency 600 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 16 16
Shaders 256 256
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
Vulkan API 1.1 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 3360x1440@60Hz
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2019 Quarter 4
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 4G
497136
Kirin 990 5G
576876

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
748
Kirin 990 5G
774

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
3078
Kirin 990 5G
3082