HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

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

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S 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 9000S
823241
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU274900193866
GPU150777159831
Memory231760114872
UX165804123183
NanoReview Score823241591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4940
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stabilityn/a48 %
Graphics Test29 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
1324
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4116
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression172.6 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser125.5 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering136.4 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing45.1 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection76.8 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR118.1 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.15 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2620 2600
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Maleoon Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 4 10
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 1024 240
FLOPS n/a 345.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Da Vinci 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 4.0
- 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
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced August, 2023 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename Hi36A0 n/a

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