HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs Samsung Exynos 990

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9010, vs Samsung Exynos 990. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9010 and Samsung Exynos 990
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
Samsung Exynos 990
727249
CPU326675201538
GPU192332231438
Memory244416138841
UX193518155432
NanoReview Score956941727249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
n/a
Samsung Exynos 990
3784
Stabilityn/a60 %
Graphics Testn/a22 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
Samsung Exynos 990
840
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
Samsung Exynos 990
2670
File Compression170.6 MB/s126.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser126.9 pages/s68.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering142.9 MP/sec90.2 MP/sec
Background Blur12.3 frames/s9.95 frames/s
Photo Processing43.8 frames/s21 frames/s
Image Detection81.5 frames/s60.6 frames/s
HDR120.2 MP/sec88.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.08 MP/sec3.37 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process SMIC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 2730
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Mali-G77 MP11
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 832 MHz
Execution Units 4 11
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 1024 352
FLOPS 1536 GFLOPS 585.7 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
GPU Frequency n/a 15 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 16 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 3840x2400 pixels
Camera n/a 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 Exynos 5123
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 7350 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced April, 2024 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename Hi36A0V121 S5E9830

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 0

User comments

Share your opinion or ask questions below