Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G) vs Samsung Exynos 880

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 28
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 880
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)Samsung Exynos 880
Architecture 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.09 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.86 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A776x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2860 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistors 8 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 7 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)Samsung Exynos 880
L1 cache 512 KB Not available
L2 cache 2 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 12 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)Samsung Exynos 880
GPU Mali G76 MP16 Mali G76 MP5
GPU architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU clock 600 MHz 720 MHz
Execution units 16 5
Shaders 256 80
FLOPS 768 Gigaflops 576 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Yes

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)Samsung Exynos 880
Maximum display resolution 3360 x 1440 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VC-1 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)Samsung Exynos 880
4G LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1400 Mbps Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 200 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)Samsung Exynos 880
Release October 2019 May 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Storage support UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Devices in database Not available 3
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

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