Samsung Exynos 9820 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 9820, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 9820 and HiSilicon Kirin 980
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
Samsung Exynos 9820
624243
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU170665193866
GPU197730159831
Memory127795114872
UX128053123183
NanoReview Score624243591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 9820
3177
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stability82 %48 %
Graphics Test19 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 9820
741
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 9820
2317
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression100.3 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser67.6 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering68.2 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur6.22 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing21.2 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection46.2 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR78.3 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.01 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

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

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.73 (Mongoose M4)
- 2/2.31 (Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.95 (Cortex-A55)
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2730 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 8 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 8.5 billion 6.9 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 Mali-G76 MP12 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 702 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 12 10
Shader Units 24 24
Total shader 288 240
FLOPS 404.4 GFLOPS 345.6 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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 34.1 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
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3840x2400 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5100 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2000 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 316 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced November, 2018 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename S5E9820 n/a

Results

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