Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 1580 vs HiSilicon Kirin 985

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

Compared fields 39
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
HiSilicon Kirin 985 No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 985
Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520 1x 2.58 GHz - Cortex-A763x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.84 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2900 MHz 2580 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP Not available 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 985
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 985
GPU Samsung Xclipse 540 Mali-G77 MP8
GPU architecture Magellan (RDNA 3) Valhall
GPU clock Not available 700 MHz
Execution units Not available 8
Shaders Not available 128
FLOPS Not available 652 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 985
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 3120 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 985
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 1277 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 177 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.4 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 985
Release October 2024 April 2020
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8855 Hi6290
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Devices in database Not available 8
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

HiSilicon Kirin 985

4G
Huawei Nova 8 Pro 4G
Huawei

Huawei Nova 8 Pro 4G

3.3
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1236 × 2676 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei Nova 8
Huawei

Huawei Nova 8

3.4
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3800 mAh
5G
Huawei Nova 8 Pro
Huawei

Huawei Nova 8 Pro

3.3
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1236 × 2676 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
5G
Huawei Nova 7 Pro
Huawei

Huawei Nova 7 Pro

3.2
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.57 inch…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei Nova 7
Huawei

Huawei Nova 7

3.3
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
4G
Honor ViewPad 6
Honor

Honor ViewPad 6

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1200 × 2000 pixels (10.40…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7250 mAh
5G
Honor 30
Honor

Honor 30

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh