HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
Kirin 990 5G is one of HiSilicon flagship CPU. 8 cores (8 threads). It was announced in 2019 Quarter 4. It has "top.big.LITTLE" cores-set: 2x Cortex-A76, 2x Cortex-A76 (2.36 GHz), 4x Cortex-A55 (1.95 GHz). The processor is manufactured using a 7 nm process technology and supports UFS 3.0, 4G, 5G, LPDDR4X.

CPU cores and architecture
Architecture | 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Number of cores | 8 |
Instruction Set | ARMv8.2-A |
Lithography | 7 nm |
Number of transistors | 8000 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 |
Memory type | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
Memory-bus | 4x16 bit |
Storage
Storage specification | UFS 3.0 |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G76 MP16 |
GPU Architecture | Bifrost |
GPU frequency | 700 MHz |
Execution units | 16 |
Shaders | 256 |
DirectX | 12 |
OpenCL API | 2.0 |
Vulkan API | 1.1 |
Camera, Video, Display
Max screen resolution | 3360x1440@60Hz |
Max Video Capture | 4K@60fps |
Video codec support | H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VC-1 VP8 VP9 |
Wireless
4G network | Yes |
5G network | Yes |
Wi-Fi | 6 (802.11ax) |
Bluetooth | 5.0 |
Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
Supplemental Information
Launch Date | 2019 Quarter 4 |
Vertical Segment | Mobiles |
Positioning | Flagship |
AnTuTu 10
Total Score
GeekBench 6 Single-Core
Score
GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
Score
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