HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Samsung Exynos 990

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Full comparison data of benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Samsung Exynos 990, speed examination of GPUs Mali-G77 MP11 and Mali-G78 MP24.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 9000 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A77) and Exynos 990 is octa-core (Exynos M5 Mongoose). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics of the SoCs, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in special test applications such as Vellamo, WebXPRT 3, Neocore, PassMark, Quadrant, GFXBench, Mozilla Kraken, AnTuTu, 3DMark, Octane V2, PCMark, Geekbench, even the gaming performance of SoCs in PUBG, Sniper 3D, Call of Duty: Mobile, Minecraft Bedrock, Mortal Kombat, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Real Racing 3, Fortnite etc.
   After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy Kirin 9000 or Exynos 990 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2, Madout2, Need for Speed No Limits.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Kirin 9000

50%

Exynos 990

37%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Kirin 9000

78%

Exynos 990

74%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 9000

48%

Exynos 990

35%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Kirin 9000	Exynos 990
Total score	698731	520426
CPU	195645	145729
GPU	265527	197752
MEM	111800	83272
UX	125774	93686

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Kirin 9000	Exynos 990
Single-Core	1023	1108
Multi-Core	3714	3435

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 9000	Exynos 990
Frequency	3130 MHz	3300 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	1x3 13 GHz ARM Cortex-A77 3x2.54 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x2.06 GHz ARM Cortex-A55	2x2.93 GHz Exynos M5 Mongoose 2x2.56 GHz ARM Cortex-A76 4x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	9 W
Memory type	LPDDR5, LPDDR4x	LPDDR5
Max. Memory	16 Gb	16 Gb
Memory Frequency	1600	1866
Memory bandwidth	44	44
Neural Processor (NPU)	Yes	Yes
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.2-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Exynos 990 is 5% better than Kirin 9000 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G78 MP24	Mali-G77 MP11
GPU Frequency	650 MHz	800 MHz
GFloPS	1076	786
# of Cores	24	11
# of Shader Units
Display	2560 x 1600 pixels	4096 x 2160 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile	27.3	61.6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	83.9	55.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	50.6	61.5
Call of Duty: Mobile	46.4	61.7
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	71.3	49.3
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	103.1	75.3
Real Racing 3	88.6	123
Sniper 3D	65.8	116.9
Need for Speed No Limits	60.7	86.1
Mortal Kombat X	65.8	80
CSR Racing 2	60.7	80

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	128 MP	108 MP
Dual Camera resolution	64 MP	25 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	60	120
Video Encoding resolution	4K, 2K, FullHD	8K, 4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264, H.265/HEVC	H.264, 10-bit H.265/HEVC, VP9

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Balong 5G	Exynos Modem 5123
Download speed	15000 MBit/s.	7350 MBit/s.
Upload speed	14000 MBit/s.	3486 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	SBAS, QZSS, Galileo, GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	Yes	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 9000 is better: 20
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 990 is better: 15
Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel comparison and listen to what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both chipsets Kirin 9000 and Exynos 990, as well as read the test results at the links below.

Kirin 9000 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile

• Kirin 9000 specs and review.

Exynos 990 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10

• Exynos 990 specs and review.