HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
574704
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
714339
CPU178879223187
GPU118109212580
Memory128205140763
UX149511137809
NanoReview Score574704714339
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Stabilityn/a55 %
Graphics Testn/a19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
File Compression137.2 MB/s133.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s76.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec114.7 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s62.2 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec4 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 30 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2860
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 8 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Mali-G76 MP16
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 4 16
Shader Units 64 24
Total shader 256 384
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution n/a 3360x1440 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong Balong 5000
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 4600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship

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