HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9010, vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9010 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 9010
956941
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
714339
CPU326675223187
GPU192332212580
Memory244416140763
UX193518137809
NanoReview Score956941714339
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Stabilityn/a55 %
Graphics Testn/a19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
File Compression170.6 MB/s133.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser126.9 pages/s76.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering142.9 MP/sec114.7 MP/sec
Background Blur12.3 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Photo Processing43.8 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Image Detection81.5 frames/s62.2 frames/s
HDR120.2 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.08 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 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 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 2300 2860
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
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 Maleoon 910 Mali-G76 MP16
Architecture Maleoon Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 4 16
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 1024 384
FLOPS 1536 GFLOPS 460.8 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 Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 12 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 3360x1440 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K 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 5000 Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced April, 2024 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename Hi36A0V121 n/a

Results

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7 (77.78%)
2 (22.22%)
Total Votes: 9

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