Kirin 990 (4G) vs Kirin 9000
We compared two 8-core processors: HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G) (with Mali G76 MP16 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 58%) AnTuTu 8 score – 692K vs 437K
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Supports 38% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 31.78 GB/s)
- Announced 1-year and 1-month later
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (3130 vs 2860 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 138017 | 189738 |
| GPU | 145170 | 291337 |
| Memory | 98516 | 115924 |
| UX | 55324 | 89892 |
| Total score | 437138 | 692323 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 148.7 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 23.9 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 54.1 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 55.8 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 28.2 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 3.13 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 797.5 Krows/s | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
81 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 41 FPS [Ultra] |
44 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 29 FPS [Ultra] |
29 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 55 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 Mate 30 Pro 1146 x 2400 |
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 990 (4G) and Kirin 9000CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 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 | 2860 MHz | 3130 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 8 billion | 15.3 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G76 MP16 | Mali-G78 MP24 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 600 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 16 | 24 |
| Shading units | 256 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 768 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 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 | 12 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | AI accelerator |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3360 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VC-1 | 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, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | October 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G) official site | HiSilicon Kirin 9000 official site |
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