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HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 9825 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G

HiSilicon Kirin 980

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The HiSilicon Kirin 980 is an ARM based high-end octa-core SoC for smartphones and tablets, which was introduced with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro in late 2018. It integrates eight CPU cores in three clusters. The performance cluster contains two Cortex-A76 cores with up to 2.6 GHz, the balanced cluster contains also two Cortex-A76 cores but with only up to 1.92 GHz and finally the power saving cluster contains four small ARM Cortex-A53 cores with up to 1.8 GHz. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a modern LTE radio with Cat 21/18 (max. 1400 Mbps download, 200 Mbps upload), 2x faster dual ISP (versus 970), a LPDDR4X 2133 MHz memory controller (34.1 GB/s versus 29.9 GB/s of the Kirin 970) and a 2160p30 H.265 video encoder (2160p60 decoding). The Kirin 980 is produced in the modern 7nm process at TSMC as the first Android SoC (after the Apple A12).

Samsung Exynos 9825

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The Samsung Exynos 9 9825 is a mobile SoC for smartphones and tablets. It was announced in the Samsung Note 10 line in August 2019. The processor integrates three clusters of processor cores with different architectures. Two big Samsung custom M4 cores clock up to 2.73 GHz and deliver peak performance. Two additional ARM Cortex-A75 are also for performance tasks and clock at up to 2.4 GHz (up from 2.3 GHz in the 9820). Finally, four small and power efficient ARM-Cortex A55 cores clock at up to 1.9 GHz are in the third cluster. The different clusters can run simultaneously thanks to DinamIQ.

The integrated LTE modem supports LTE-Advanced Pro Cat.20 (8CA 2 Gbps download, 3CA 316 Mbps upload). The integrated graphics card is a ARM Mali G76MP12 with 12 cores. Thanks to higher clock rates, the G76 is now a bit faster compared to the Exynos 9820.

The performance of the CPU part is positioned in the high end segment for smartphone processors. Due to the slight changes in clock rates, it is very comparable to the older Eynos 9 9820. Maybe in longer load phases, the improved 7nm process helps to maintain clock speeds a bit better. The direct competitor Snapdragon 855 can be left behind in single-core benchmarks like Geekbench and operates on par in multi-core benchmarks.

The SoC is produced at Samsung in the new 7nm LPP (with EUV) process that should improve power efficiency compared to the Exynos 9820.

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G

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The HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G 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 2.36 GHz and finally the power saving cluster contains four small ARM Cortex-A55 cores with up to 1.95 GHz. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a neural processor (2 + 1 cores) for AI tasks and a ARM Mali-G76 MP16 GPU clocked at up to 700 MHz. Compared to the 4G version, the 5G Kirin 990 integrates a Balong 5G modem and is slightly higher clocked (2 of the 3 clusters and the GPU).

The Kirin 990 5G is produced in the modern 7nm (7FF+ with EUV) process at TSMC, the 4G version is still produced in the slightly older 7nm process as the Kirin 980.

ModelHiSilicon Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 9825HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
SeriesHiSilicon Samsung ExynosHiSilicon
CodenameCortex-A76/-A55Exynos M3 / Cortex-A55Cortex-A76/-A55
Series: Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 8201.84 - 2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820e1.84 - 2.22 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 8101.88 - 2.27 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 980 « - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
Samsung Exynos 9825 « 1.9 - 2.73 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos M3 / Cortex-A55
Samsung Exynos 98201.9 - 2.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos M3 / Cortex-A55
Samsung Exynos 9810 - 2.9 GHz8 / 8 cores Exynos M3 / Cortex-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G « - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 8201.84 - 2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820e1.84 - 2.22 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 8101.88 - 2.27 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 980 - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
Clock <=2600 MHz1900 - 2730 MHz <=2860 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 88 / 8
Transistors6900 Million10300 Million
Technology7 nm7 nm7 nm
FeaturesARM Mali-G76 GPU, 2x Cortex-A76 (2.6 GHz) + 2x Cortex-A76 (1.92) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x LTE Dual-SIM (1.4 Gbps down Cat21)ARM Mali-G76MP12 GPU , 2x Samsung Mongoose Custom CPU, 2x Cortex-A75, 4x Cortex-A55 big.LITTLE, LPDDR4x Memory ControllerARM Mali-G76MP16 GPU, 2x Cortex-A76 (2.86 GHz) + 2x Cortex-A76 (2.36) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.95 GHz, big.LITTLE), Balong 5G Modem
iGPUARM Mali-G76 MP10 ( - 720 MHz)ARM Mali-G76 MP12ARM Mali-G76 MP16 ( - 700 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.samsung.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Kirin 980
0.9 pt (71%)
Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Kirin 990 5G
min: 1.102     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (85%)     max: 1.3 pt
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 19993     avg: 27047     median: 23103.5 (19%)     max: 37164 Points
min: 31908     avg: 32588     median: 32588 (27%)     max: 33268 Points
min: 22857     avg: 35317     median: 35840.5 (30%)     max: 46731 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2227     avg: 3461     median: 3426.5 (40%)     max: 4917 Points
min: 3389     avg: 3519     median: 3519 (41%)     max: 3649 Points
min: 2497     avg: 4729     median: 5326 (63%)     max: 5766 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2421     avg: 3580     median: 3726 (43%)     max: 4997 Points
min: 3498     avg: 3622     median: 3622 (41%)     max: 3746 Points
min: 4836     avg: 5318     median: 5358 (61%)     max: 5721 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 706     avg: 707     median: 707 (30%)     max: 708 Points
834 Points (35%)
min: 755     avg: 771     median: 772.5 (33%)     max: 783 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2553     avg: 2558     median: 2558 (5%)     max: 2563 Points
2331 Points (4%)
min: 2972     avg: 3077     median: 3076.5 (6%)     max: 3183 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 685     avg: 696     median: 695.5 (3%)     max: 707 Points
min: 805     avg: 814     median: 813.5 (4%)     max: 822 Points
769 Points (3%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2347     avg: 2474     median: 2500 (8%)     max: 2549 Points
min: 2177     avg: 2184     median: 2184 (7%)     max: 2191 Points
3083 Points (10%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3207     avg: 3303     median: 3314 (33%)     max: 3378 Points
min: 4549     avg: 4550     median: 4550 (45%)     max: 4551 Points
min: 3915     avg: 3925     median: 3925 (39%)     max: 3935 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9547     avg: 9838     median: 9854 (11%)     max: 10024 Points
min: 10367     avg: 10426     median: 10425.5 (12%)     max: 10484 Points
min: 12324     avg: 12549     median: 12549 (14%)     max: 12774 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3563     avg: 3601     median: 3601 (49%)     max: 3639 Points
5109 Points (70%)
min: 3984     avg: 3992     median: 3991.5 (54%)     max: 3999 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9577     avg: 9735     median: 9734.5 (24%)     max: 9892 Points
10487 Points (26%)
min: 11812     avg: 12006     median: 12005.5 (29%)     max: 12199 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8473     avg: 8680     median: 8679.5 (14%)     max: 8886 Points
7453 Points (12%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2922     avg: 2994     median: 2994 (45%)     max: 3066 Points
2169 Points (32%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
0 Points (0%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
0 Points (0%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 1576     avg: 2232     median: 2231.5 (18%)     max: 2887 Points
3566 Points (29%)
min: 1615     avg: 2579     median: 2578.5 (21%)     max: 3542 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 2969     avg: 5181     median: 5180.5 (47%)     max: 7392 Points
5534 Points (50%)
min: 4881     avg: 5643     median: 5643 (51%)     max: 6405 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 15206     avg: 16273     median: 16273 (32%)     max: 17340 Points
13991 Points (27%)
min: 19287     avg: 20143     median: 20143 (39%)     max: 20999 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 7157     avg: 7523     median: 7523 (15%)     max: 7889 Points
7083 Points (14%)
min: 9013     avg: 9236     median: 9235.5 (19%)     max: 9458 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 8578     avg: 9588     median: 9587.5 (25%)     max: 10597 Points
8839 Points (23%)
min: 11042     avg: 11669     median: 11668.5 (31%)     max: 12295 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1948     avg: 2176     median: 2053.5 (2%)     max: 3098 ms
min: 2478     avg: 2503     median: 2503 (3%)     max: 2528 ms
min: 1914     avg: 2084     median: 2066.5 (2%)     max: 2287 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
345.4 ms (4%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 20618     avg: 21733     median: 21603.5 (19%)     max: 23285 Points
min: 18908     avg: 19022     median: 19021.5 (17%)     max: 19135 Points
min: 20917     avg: 22323     median: 22343 (20%)     max: 23690 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 86     avg: 105.1     median: 99 (21%)     max: 124 Points
min: 97     avg: 107.5     median: 107.5 (22%)     max: 118 Points
min: 95     avg: 105.7     median: 98 (20%)     max: 124 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 245662     avg: 250407     median: 250848 (85%)     max: 254229 Points
min: 291772     avg: 292608     median: 292608 (100%)     max: 293444 Points
min: 18280     avg: 18321     median: 18320.5 (56%)     max: 18361 Points
min: 70640     avg: 70670     median: 70669.5 (87%)     max: 70699 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 95964     avg: 110298     median: 111697 (35%)     max: 122632 Points
min: 155432     avg: 155907     median: 155906 (48%)     max: 156381 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 101537     avg: 108108     median: 106863 (65%)     max: 117617 Points
min: 101869     avg: 102259     median: 102259 (63%)     max: 102649 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 268359     avg: 295586     median: 295634 (52%)     max: 322616 Points
min: 347082     avg: 347156     median: 347156 (61%)     max: 347229 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 66660     avg: 67111     median: 67110.5 (56%)     max: 67561 Points
min: 67274     avg: 75033     median: 73056 (61%)     max: 86746 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 71845     avg: 71918     median: 71917.5 (58%)     max: 71990 Points
min: 66292     avg: 98762     median: 103022 (83%)     max: 122714 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 135337     avg: 137666     median: 137666 (25%)     max: 139995 Points
min: 159628     avg: 167229     median: 167842 (31%)     max: 173605 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 136978     avg: 137360     median: 137360 (50%)     max: 137741 Points
min: 136344     avg: 145447     median: 145294 (53%)     max: 154856 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 410820     avg: 414054     median: 414054 (40%)     max: 417287 Points
min: 450373     avg: 486472     median: 483829 (47%)     max: 527856 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 246439     avg: 246733     median: 246733 (32%)     max: 247027 Points
215665 Points (28%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
min: 4919     avg: 7101     median: 7789 (41%)     max: 7905 Points
5864 Points (31%)
min: 5869     avg: 7653     median: 7653 (40%)     max: 9437 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
0 Points (0%)
22707 Points (49%)
29206 Points (62%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 7567     avg: 8433     median: 8147.5 (53%)     max: 9326 Points
min: 8801     avg: 8914     median: 8914 (58%)     max: 9027 Points
min: 8512     avg: 10025     median: 10038.5 (66%)     max: 11509 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 9728     avg: 11164     median: 10243.5 (51%)     max: 13531 Points
min: 11011     avg: 11412     median: 11412 (57%)     max: 11813 Points
min: 10628     avg: 12766     median: 12810 (64%)     max: 14814 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
676 Points (26%)

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 980 → 100% n=24

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 9825 → 106% n=24

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G → 110% n=24

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