HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs Samsung Exynos 7870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G with Samsung Exynos 7870. 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 5G

576876

Exynos 7870

142158

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 990 5G

774

Exynos 7870

487

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 990 5G

3082

Exynos 7870

168

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55	6x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	8000 million	2000 million
TDP	7 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP16	Mali-T830 MP1
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Midgard
GPU frequency	700 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	16	1
Shaders	256	16
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	1.2
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.1	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3360x1440@60Hz	1920x1200
Max camera resolution		1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VC-1 VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS