HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and HiSilicon Kirin 980
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 9000
901517
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU242171193866
GPU315801159831
Memory155272114872
UX188275123183
NanoReview Score901517591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stability54 %48 %
Graphics Test36 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression146.1 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser90.8 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.9 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing29.7 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection71.8 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR98.9 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.01 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 81 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 29 FPS (Low) 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 51 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140) Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3130 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 15.3 billion 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 759 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 24 10
Shader Units 32 24
Total shader 768 240
FLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS 345.6 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 AI accelerator Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera n/a 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2020 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9000 the clear winner in this comparison.

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