HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 9820

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.73 GHz – Mongoose M42x 2.31 GHz – Cortex-A754x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
2600 MHz
2730 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
7 nm
8 nm
Transistor count
6.9
8.5
TDP
6 W
9 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Mali-G76 MP12
GPU frequency
720 MHz
702 MHz
Execution units
10
12
Shading units
36
36
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
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
34.1 Gbit/s
33.4 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Yes
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2400
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 20
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 2000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Aug 2018
Nov 2018
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Official page
Model number
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S5E9820

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
583,410
648,880
Geekbench 6
835
747
Geekbench 6
2,132
2,333
FP32 (float)
518
607