HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G is a top level SoC designed for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, released in 2019. The processor produced by a 7 nm process. The chipset has a octa-core configuration divided into three blocks. The first block ARM Cortex-A76 is the most high-performance with two cores working at 2.86 GHz. The second block ARM Cortex-A76 has two cores running at 2.36 GHz. The third ARM Cortex-A55 has four cores working at 1.95 GHz. The SoC supports 64-bit data. Mali-G76 MP18 GPU is responsible for operating with graphical data. Gadgets that have the Kirin 990 5G can work in 4th generation and 5G networks. Modem 21 allows you to download and send data at a speed 1400 MBit/s and 900 MBit/s. To understand Kirin 990 5G chip is good or bad from benchmark data and comparisons with other processors.
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G specifications
General Info
Brand
HiSilicon
Name
Kirin 990 5G
Model
Cortex-A76
Release date
2019
CPU configuration
2x2.86 GHz ARM Cortex-A76, 2x2.36 GHz ARM Cortex-A76, 4x1.95 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Instruction set architecture
ARMv8-A
Frequency
2860 MHz
Cores
8
Word Size
64 bit
Process
7 nm
Transistor count
?
Technologies
Hi6403, AI Cambrian, GPU Turbo, Yueyin 2.0
Neural Processing Unit
DaVinci NPU
Power consumption (TDP)
6 W
L2 cache
512 KB
Graphics
GPU
Mali-G76 MP18
Frequency
950 MHz
Cores
18
Process
7 nm
Memory
Type
LPDDR4x
Frequency
1600 MHz
Max volume
12 Gb
Internal type
eMMC 5.1
Memory bandwidth
31.78 GB/s
Memory bus
4x 16 Bit
Connectivity
Modem
21
Download speed
1400 MBit/s
Upload speed
900 MBit/s
LTE Cat
Cat-21 DL/Cat-14 UL
Wi-Fi ranges
a/b/g/n/ac
Location
GPS,Galileo,Glonass,Beidou
Wi-Fi ver.
6
Bluetooth ver.
5
Cameras
Main camera max resolution
32 MPix
Codecs
4096 x 2160, max FPS 60. Codec: H.264, H.265/HEVC
Display and Audio
Maximum Display resolution
2560 x 1600 pix
Video encoding
Resolution 4K, 2K, FullHD, max FPS 60. Codec: H.264, H.265/HEVC
