CPU A
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
12 cores 2500 MHz 7 nanometers Maleoon 920
Mobile processor comparison
HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Samsung Exynos 980
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 980
8 cores 2200 MHz 8 nanometers Mali G76 MP5
Compared fields
39
Different values
36
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
Samsung Exynos 980
No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
CPU
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Samsung Exynos 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little | 2x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A776x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU cores | 12 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2500 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| TDP | Not available | 9 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Samsung Exynos 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 68.2 Gbit/s | Not available |
| Maximum memory | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Samsung Exynos 980 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Maleoon 920 | Mali G76 MP5 |
| GPU architecture | Maleoon | Bifrost |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 728 MHz |
| Execution units | Not available | 5 |
| Shaders | 512 | 80 |
| FLOPS | 1720.3 Gigaflops | 576 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Da Vinci | Yes |
Display and media
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Samsung Exynos 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3360 x 1440 |
| Maximum camera resolution | Not available | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Samsung Exynos 980 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | Not available | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Not available | Up to 2550 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Not available | Up to 1280 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
General
| Specification | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 | Samsung Exynos 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | November 2024 | September 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | Not available | S5E9630 |
| Storage support | UFS 4.0 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 7 |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
Samsung Exynos 980
5G
Samsung Galaxy A Quantum
- Display
- Super AMOLED Plus 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4500 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A71 5G Dual SIM
- Display
- Super AMOLED Plus 16M colors 1080 × 2400 pixe…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4500 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A71 5G
- Display
- Super AMOLED Plus 16M colors 1080 × 2400 pixe…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4500 mAh
5G
Vivo G1
- Display
- AMOLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4500 mAh
5G
Vivo S6 5G
- Display
- AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2400 pixels (6.44 in…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4500 mAh
5G
Vivo X30 Pro 5G
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4350 mAh
5G
Vivo X30 5G
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4350 mAh
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