Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Google Tensor

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

CPU B

Google Tensor

8 cores 2800 MHz 5 nanometers Mali-G78 MP20
Compared fields 41
Different values 22
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Google Tensor
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EGoogle Tensor
Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz - Cortex-A773x 2.54 GHz - Cortex-A774x 2.05 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-X12x 2.25 GHz - Cortex A764x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A55
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 3130 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 15.3 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EGoogle Tensor
L2 cache Not available 3 MB
L3 cache Not available 4 MB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EGoogle Tensor
GPU Mali-G78 MP22 Mali-G78 MP20
GPU architecture Valhall 2 Valhall
GPU clock 760 MHz 848 MHz
Execution units 22 20
Shaders 352 320
FLOPS 2137 Gigaflops 2171 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU AI accelerator Tensor Processing Unit

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EGoogle Tensor
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EGoogle Tensor
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9000EGoogle Tensor
Release October 2020 October 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available S5E9845
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Devices in database Not available 3
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000E

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Google Tensor

5G eSIM
Google Pixel 6a
Google

Google Pixel 6a

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels (6.10 inches)…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4410 mAh
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 6 Pro
Google

Google Pixel 6 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3120 pixels…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5003 mAh
5G eSIM
Google Pixel 6
Google

Google Pixel 6

3.8
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.40 inche…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4614 mAh