HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs Samsung Exynos 2600

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with Samsung Exynos 2600. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 990 4G

497136

Exynos 2600

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 990 4G

748

Exynos 2600

3455

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 990 4G

3078

Exynos 2600

11621

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 3.8 GHz – C1-Ultra 3x 3.25 GHz – C1-Pro 6x 2.75 GHz – C1-Pro
Number of cores	8	10
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9.3-A
Lithography	7 nm	2 nm
Number of transistors	8000 million
TDP	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0	AI engine with 32K MAC NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP16	Xclipse 960
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	RDNA
GPU frequency	600 MHz	985 MHz
Execution units	16
Shaders	256
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.1	1.4

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3360x1440@60Hz	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 320MP
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		14.79 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS