Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Samsung Exynos 1580

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

Compared fields 36
Different values 28
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Samsung Exynos 1580
Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 12 8
Clock speed 2500 MHz 2900 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Samsung Exynos 1580
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Samsung Exynos 1580
GPU Maleoon 920 Samsung Xclipse 540
GPU architecture Maleoon Magellan (RDNA 3)
GPU clock 840 MHz Not available
Shaders 512 Not available
FLOPS 1720.3 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Yes

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Samsung Exynos 1580
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
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 - VP8 - VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Samsung Exynos 1580
4G Not available LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 5100 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Samsung Exynos 1580
Release November 2024 October 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available S5E8855
Storage support UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Real devices

Phones using these processors

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HiSilicon Kirin 9020

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Samsung Exynos 1580

5G
Samsung Galaxy A56
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A56

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh