Kirin 980 vs Kirin 9000
We compared two 8-core processors: HiSilicon Kirin 980 (with Mali G76 MP10 graphics) and Kirin 9000 (Mali-G78 MP24). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9000
- Shows significantly better (up to 71%) AnTuTu 8 score – 692K vs 405K
- Announced 2-years and 2-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Supports 38% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 31.78 GB/s)
- 20% higher CPU clock speed (3130 vs 2600 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 134572 | 189738 |
| GPU | 135339 | 291337 |
| Memory | 65549 | 115924 |
| UX | 67634 | 89892 |
| Total score | 405846 | 692323 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 123.8 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 20.4 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 47.2 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 47.4 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 23.2 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 2.39 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 655 Krows/s | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
81 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
44 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 28 FPS [High] |
29 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
51 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Huawei Nova 5T 1080 x 2340 |
Huawei Mate 40 Pro 1344 x 3140 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 980 and Kirin 9000CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2600 MHz | 3130 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 6.9 billion | 15.3 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G76 MP10 | Mali-G78 MP24 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 720 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 10 | 24 |
| Shading units | 160 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 691 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 31.78 Gbit/s | 44 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | AI accelerator |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3120 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Balong 5000 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 21 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1400 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 200 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | August 2018 | October 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 9000 official site |
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