HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs Samsung Exynos 980
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A776x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
2860 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
7 nm
8 nm
Transistor count
8
-
TDP
6 W
9 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP16
Mali-G76 MP5
GPU frequency
600 MHz
728 MHz
Execution units
16
5
Shading units
36
36
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
Yes
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
3360 x 1440
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VC-1
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
Up to 3550 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1250 Mbps
Up to 1380 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
665,287
433,794
FP32 (float)
691
262
Geekbench 6
-
869
Geekbench 6
-
1,867