HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) – an 8-core chipset that was announced on October 6, 2019, and is manufactured using a 7-nanometer process technology. It has 2 cores Cortex-A76 at 2860 MHz, 2 cores Cortex-A76 at 2360 MHz and 4 cores Cortex-A55 at 1950 MHz.

CPU Performance

80

Gaming Performance

66

Battery life

91

NanoReview Score

78

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

764

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

3022

AnTuTu Benchmark 8

462090

Specifications

Detailed specifications of the Kirin 990 (5G) SoC with Mali G76 MP16 graphics

CPU

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores	8
Frequency	2860 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8-A
L2 cache	512 KB
Process	7 nanometers
Transistor count	8 billion

Graphics

GPU name	Mali G76 MP16
Architecture	Bifrost
GPU frequency	700 MHz
Cores	16
FLOPS	700 Gigaflops
Vulkan version	1.0
OpenCL version	2.0
DirectX version	12

Memory

Memory type	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz
Bus	4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth	31.78 Gbit/s
Max size	12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)	Da Vinci
Storage type	UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution	3840 x 2160
Video capture	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs	H.264, H.265, VC-1
Audio codecs	AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem	Balong 5G
4G support	LTE Cat. 21
5G support	Yes
Download speed	Up to 2300 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi	6
Bluetooth	5.0
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Info

Announced	October 2019
Class	Flagship
Official page	HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) official site