Exynos 990 vs Kirin 990 (5G)
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 990 (with Mali-G77 MP11 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) (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 990
- Supports 38% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 31.78 GB/s)
- Performs 33% better in floating-point computations
- Higher GPU frequency (~21%)
- Shows better (up to 5%) AnTuTu 8 score – 518K vs 491K
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
- 5% higher CPU clock speed (2860 vs 2730 MHz)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 8
Specifications
CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2730 MHz | 2860 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8 billion |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MP11 | Mali G76 MP16 |
| Architecture | Valhall | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Cores | 11 | 16 |
| FLOPS | 1196 Gigaflops | 896 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 5500 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 31.78 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Da Vinci |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 4096 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5123 | Balong 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 2300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 422 Mbps | Up to 1250 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | October 2019 | October 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 990 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) official site |
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