HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Samsung Exynos 990

Comparisons 11-03-2021

So, which processor or chip is better? Detailed comparison data of benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Samsung Exynos 990, speed examination of GPUs Mali-G78 MP22 and Mali-G77 MP11.

This performance comparison includes two processors: Kirin 9000E 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 thorough review of all the technical characteristics of the CPUs, so that it can be easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.

From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in synthetic type tests such as Neocore, PCMark, Vellamo, PassMark, 3DMark, WebXPRT 3, AnTuTu, GFXBench, Quadrant, Octane V2, Geekbench, Mozilla Kraken, and how good the chipsets are in games Fortnite, Real Racing 3, PUBG, Minecraft Bedrock, Sniper 3D, Call of Duty: Mobile, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Mortal Kombat etc.

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which chip is better to buy Kirin 9000E or Exynos 990 and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2.

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 9000E

48%

Exynos 990

37%

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

Kirin 9000E

78%

Exynos 990

74%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 9000E

45%

Exynos 990

35%

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 9000E	Exynos 990
Total score	678577	520426
CPU	189996	145729
GPU	257866	197752
MEM	108569	83272
UX	122143	93686

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 9000E	Exynos 990
Single-Core	992	1108
Multi-Core	3714	3435

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 9000E	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-A77 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 9000E 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 MP22	Mali-G77 MP11
GPU Frequency	650 MHz	800 MHz
GFloPS	986	786
# of Cores	22	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	26.7	61.6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	80.3	55.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	48.7	61.5
Call of Duty: Mobile	44.1	61.7
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	68.9	49.3
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	100.7	75.3
Real Racing 3	60.9	123
Sniper 3D	107.1	116.9
Need for Speed No Limits	87.7	86.1
Mortal Kombat X	70.6	80
CSR Racing 2	58.4	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	48 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 9000E is better: 21
The number of parameters for which Samsung Exynos 990 is better: 14
You need to know that you should not sightlessly trust the software comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel testing and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both chipsets Kirin 9000E and Exynos 990, as well as read the test results at the links below.

Kirin 9000E SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 9000E 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.