Exynos 9820 vs Kirin 990 (4G)
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 9820 (with Mali G76 MP12 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G) (Mali G76 MP16). 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 Samsung Exynos 9820
- Performs 23% better in floating-point computations
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)
- Announced 11-months later
- 6% higher CPU clock speed (2860 vs 2700 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 8 nm)
- Shows better (up to 12%) AnTuTu 8 score – 438K vs 392K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 124711 | 138017 |
| GPU | 159835 | 145170 |
| Memory | 60833 | 98516 |
| UX | 51477 | 55324 |
| Total score | 392999 | 438702 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 108.8 Mpixels/s | 148.7 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 20.7 images/s | 23.9 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 47.5 words/s | 54.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 46.4 images/s | 55.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 19.1 images/s | 28.2 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 2.04 Mnodes/s | 3.13 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 612.4 Krows/s | 797.5 Krows/s |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 41 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 29 FPS [Ultra] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 55 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Huawei Mate 30 Pro 1146 x 2400 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 9820 and Kirin 990 (4G)CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.7 GHz – Mongoose 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A75 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2700 MHz | 2860 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8 billion |
| TDP | 9 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G76 MP12 | Mali G76 MP16 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 600 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Execution units | 12 | 16 |
| Shading units | 192 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 943 Gigaflops | 768 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 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 | 31.1 Gbit/s | 31.78 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Da Vinci |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 3360 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 150FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 2000 Mbps | Up to 1400 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | November 2018 | October 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 9820 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G) official site |
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