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HiSilicon Kirin 990

HiSilicon Kirin 990

The HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G is an ARM based high-end octa-core SoC for smartphones and tablets, which was introduced with the Huawei Mate 30 Pro in late 2019. It integrates eight CPU cores in three clusters. The performance cluster contains two Cortex-A76 cores with up to 2.86 GHz, the balanced cluster contains also two Cortex-A76 cores but with only up to 2.09 GHz and finally the power saving cluster contains four small ARM Cortex-A55 cores with up to 1.86 GHz. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a neural processor (1 + 1 cores) for AI tasks and a ARM Mali-G76 MP16 GPU clcoked at up to 600 MHz. Compared to the 5G version, the 4G Kirin 990 integrates a fast 4G modem and is slightly lower clocked (2 of the 3 clusters and the GPU).

The Kirin 990 is produced in the modern 7nm process at TSMC.

SeriesHiSilicon
CodenameCortex-A76/-A55

Series: Cortex-A76/-A55

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G compare - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 « - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820 compare1.84 - 2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820e compare1.84 - 2.22 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 810 compare1.88 - 2.27 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 980 compare - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
Clock Rate <=2860 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Transistor Count8000 Million
Manufacturing Technology7 nm
FeaturesARM Mali-G76MP16 GPU, 2x Cortex-A76 (2.86 GHz) + 2x Cortex-A76 (2.36) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.95 GHz, big.LITTLE), 4G Modem
GPUARM Mali-G76 MP16 ( - 600 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date09/06/2019

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.1, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU
min: 1.067     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (82%)     max: 1.3 pt
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 19565     avg: 31512     median: 31512 (27%)     max: 43459 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2893     avg: 2978     median: 2977.5 (5%)     max: 3062 points
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 19885     avg: 21727     median: 21726.5 (20%)     max: 23568 Points
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