HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs MediaTek Helio A25

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with MediaTek Helio A25. 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
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Number of transistors 8000 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Imagination PowerVR GE8320
GPU Architecture Bifrost Rogue
GPU frequency 600 MHz 660 MHz
Execution units 16 1
Shaders 256 64
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 1.2
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 1600x720
Max camera resolution 1x 16MP, 1x 13MP + 1x 5MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps FullHD@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2018 Quarter 2
Partnumber MT6762V/WD
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 4G
497136
Helio A25
115193

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
748
Helio A25
140

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
3078
Helio A25
769