Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 820 vs Samsung Exynos 880

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

Compared fields 38
Different values 23
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 820
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 880 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820Samsung Exynos 880
Architecture 1x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A763x 2.22 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.84 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A776x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2360 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 8 nanometers
TDP 5 W 7 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820Samsung Exynos 880
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 31.78 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 12 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820Samsung Exynos 880
GPU Mali-G57 MP6 Mali G76 MP5
GPU architecture Valhall Bifrost
GPU clock 850 MHz 720 MHz
Execution units 6 5
Shaders 96 80
FLOPS 579 Gigaflops 576 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820Samsung Exynos 880
Maximum display resolution 3360 x 1440 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820Samsung Exynos 880
4G LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 200 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820Samsung Exynos 880
Release March 2020 May 2020
Class Mid range Mid range
Storage support UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Devices in database 7 3
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 820

4G
Huawei Nova 8 Global
Huawei

Huawei Nova 8 Global

3.4
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3800 mAh
5G
Huawei MatePad 10.4 5G
Huawei

Huawei MatePad 10.4 5G

5.0
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1200 × 2000 pixels (10.40…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 7250 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei P40 Lite 5G
Huawei

Huawei P40 Lite 5G

3.1
Smartphone
Display
LTPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei Nova 7 SE
Huawei

Huawei Nova 7 SE

3.3
Smartphone
Display
LTPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
5G
Honor X10 Pro
Honor

Honor X10 Pro

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4300 mAh
5G
Honor X10
Honor

Honor X10

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4300 mAh
5G
Honor 30S
Honor

Honor 30S

3.8
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4000 mAh

Samsung Exynos 880

5G
Vivo Y70t
Vivo

Vivo Y70t

2.9
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
5G
Vivo Y51s
Vivo

Vivo Y51s

2.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.53 i…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 MB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
5G
Vivo Y70s
Vivo

Vivo Y70s

2.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.53 i…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh