HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs Samsung Exynos 9820

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with Samsung Exynos 9820. 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 2.73 GHz – Exynos M4
2x 2.31 GHz – Cortex-A75
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Number of transistors 8000 million
TDP 6 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 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 MP12
GPU Architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU frequency 600 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 16 12
Shaders 256 192
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 3840x2400
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@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 2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.316 Gbps
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 2018 Quarter 4
Partnumber S5E9820
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 4G
497136
Exynos 9820
638571

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
748
Exynos 9820
730

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 4G
3078
Exynos 9820
2305