Mobile processor comparison

Samsung Exynos 1580 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
Samsung Exynos 1580
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Architecture 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2900 MHz 2860 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 8 billion
TDP Not available 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
L1 cache Not available 512 KB
L2 cache Not available 2 MB
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 990 (5G)
GPU Samsung Xclipse 540 Mali G76 MP16
GPU architecture Magellan (RDNA 3) Bifrost
GPU clock Not available 700 MHz
Execution units Not available 16
Shaders Not available 256
FLOPS Not available 896 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Da Vinci

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP Not available
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 H.264, H.265, VC-1
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 21
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 Mbps Up to 2300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

General

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 1580HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Release October 2024 October 2019
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8855 Not available
Storage support UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
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 990 (5G)

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.