HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs MediaTek Helio G88

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G), vs MediaTek Helio G88. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) and MediaTek Helio G88
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 990 (5G)
714339
MediaTek Helio G88
268860
CPU22318790211
GPU21258040709
Memory14076363167
UX13780974773
NanoReview Score714339268860
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
MediaTek Helio G88
743
Stability55 %n/a
Graphics Test19 fps4 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
MediaTek Helio G88
425
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
MediaTek Helio G88
1355
File Compression133.5 MB/s73.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser76.3 pages/s39.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering114.7 MP/sec50.6 MP/sec
Background Blur10.9 frames/s3.26 frames/s
Photo Processing30.1 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Image Detection62.2 frames/s25.5 frames/s
HDR91.2 MP/sec42 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4 MP/sec2.13 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 30 FPS (High) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2860 2000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 8 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 MP16 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 600 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 16 2
Shader Units 24 24
Total shader 384 48
FLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS 96 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 Da Vinci MediaTek APU

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 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
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x64 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 100 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2019 yr June, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename n/a MT6769H

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) the clear winner in this comparison.

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