HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs MediaTek Helio G96

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with MediaTek Helio G96. 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 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-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 10 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Mali-G57 MP2
GPU Architecture Bifrost Valhall
GPU frequency 600 MHz 950 MHz
Execution units 16 2
Shaders 256 32
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 2520x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 2K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2021 Quarter 2
Partnumber MT6781
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 4G
497136
Helio G96
336259

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
748
Helio G96
539

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
3078
Helio G96
1168