CPU A
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
8 cores 2860 MHz 7 nanometers Mali G76 MP16
Mobile processor comparison
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
12 cores 2500 MHz 7 nanometers Maleoon 920
Compared fields
39
Different values
29
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
- Higher maximum CPU clock
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
- More CPU cores
- Higher listed GPU clock
CPU
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55 | 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little |
| CPU cores | 8 | 12 |
| Clock speed | 2860 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistors | 8 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 512 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Memory bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 68.2 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 16 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Mali G76 MP16 | Maleoon 920 |
| GPU architecture | Bifrost | Maleoon |
| GPU clock | 700 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Execution units | 16 | Not available |
| Shaders | 256 | 512 |
| FLOPS | 896 Gigaflops | 1720.3 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Da Vinci | Da Vinci |
Display and media
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 |
|---|---|---|
| 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, VC-1 | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 21 | Not available |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2300 Mbps | Not available |
| Upload speed | Up to 1250 Mbps | Not available |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
General
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | October 2019 | November 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Storage support | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 4.0 |
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