HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs Samsung Exynos 9820

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 990 5G

576876

Exynos 9820

638571

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 990 5G

774

Exynos 9820

730

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 990 5G

3082

Exynos 9820

2305

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 2.73 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	7 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

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP16	Mali-G76 MP12
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	700 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