HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs Samsung Exynos 2100

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with Samsung Exynos 2100. 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
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X1
3x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Number of transistors 8000 million
TDP 6 Watt 8 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0 NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Mali-G78 MP14
GPU Architecture Bifrost Valhall
GPU frequency 600 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 16 14
Shaders 256 224
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 3.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 3840x2160@120Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.35 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2020 Quarter 4
Partnumber S5E9840
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 4G
497136
Exynos 2100
800853

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
748
Exynos 2100
1337

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
3078
Exynos 2100
3307