HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs MediaTek Helio G99

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G), vs MediaTek Helio G99. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) and MediaTek Helio G99
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 G99
422461
CPU223187131367
GPU21258071737
Memory140763100728
UX137809118629
NanoReview Score714339422461
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
MediaTek Helio G99
1243
Stability55 %n/a
Graphics Test19 fps7 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
MediaTek Helio G99
729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
MediaTek Helio G99
1979
File Compression133.5 MB/s99.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser76.3 pages/s50.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering114.7 MP/sec70.6 MP/sec
Background Blur10.9 frames/s6.15 frames/s
Photo Processing30.1 frames/s18.8 frames/s
Image Detection62.2 frames/s40.1 frames/s
HDR91.2 MP/sec54.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4 MP/sec2.79 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) 86 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) 37 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 30 FPS (High) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 91 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 66 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 48 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640) Cubot X70 (1080x2408)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/2.2 (Cortex-A76)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2860 2200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 6 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-G57 MP2
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 600 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 16 2
Shader Units 24 32
Total shader 384 64
FLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS 128 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

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 LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 12 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
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x108 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
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2019 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename n/a MT6789

Results

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

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