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Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs Samsung Exynos 9609

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

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Compared fields 42
Different values 34
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 9609
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Samsung Exynos 9609
Architecture 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2860 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors 8 billion 3 billion
TDP 6 W 9 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Samsung Exynos 9609
L1 cache 512 KB Not available
L2 cache 2 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 11.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 4 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Samsung Exynos 9609
GPU Mali G76 MP16 Mali-G72 MP3
GPU architecture Bifrost Bifrost
GPU clock 700 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 16 3
Shaders 256 48
FLOPS 896 Gigaflops 259 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Yes

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Samsung Exynos 9609
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2560 x 1600
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
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 (5G)Samsung Exynos 9609
4G LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 12
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 2300 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1250 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Samsung Exynos 9609
Release October 2019 May 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available S5E9609
Storage support UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Devices in database Not available 5
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Samsung Exynos 9609

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Motorola One Action
Motorola

Motorola One Action

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.30 i…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3500 mAh
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Motorola P50
Motorola

Motorola P50

3.1
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.34 i…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3500 mAh
View details
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Motorola One Vision
Motorola

Motorola One Vision

3.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2520 pixels (6.30 i…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3500 mAh
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