HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 1330

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 980, vs Samsung Exynos 1330. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 980 and Samsung Exynos 1330
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 980
591752
Samsung Exynos 1330
438848
CPU193866161056
GPU15983163510
Memory11487289135
UX123183125147
NanoReview Score591752438848
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Samsung Exynos 1330
1385
Stability48 %99 %
Graphics Test14 fps8 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Samsung Exynos 1330
929
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
Samsung Exynos 1330
2128
File Compression94.5 MB/s108 MB/s
HTML5 Browser50.7 pages/s58.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering62.5 MP/sec81 MP/sec
Background Blur6.54 frames/s5.89 frames/s
Photo Processing18.5 frames/s21.4 frames/s
Image Detection48 frames/s40.6 frames/s
HDR54.4 MP/sec66.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.59 MP/sec3.06 MP/sec

Games

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

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
- 2/2.4 (Cortex-A78)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2600 2400
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 6.9 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G76 MP10 Mali-G68 MP2
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 720 MHz 949 MHz
Execution Units 10 2
Shader Units 24 32
Total shader 240 64
FLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS 121.5 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 Yes
GPU Frequency n/a 4.9 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
- UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3120x1440 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1400 MB/s Up to 2550 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 200 MB/s Up to 1280 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced August, 2018 yr February, 2023 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename n/a S5E8535

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