HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs MediaTek Helio G88

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G with MediaTek Helio G88. 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 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 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 7 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 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU frequency 700 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution units 16 2
Shaders 256 32
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.0
Vulkan API 1.1 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 2520x1080@90Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 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 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 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 2021 Quarter 2
Partnumber MT6769H
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 5G
576876
Helio G88
249375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 5G
774
Helio G88
369

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 5G
3082
Helio G88
1275