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Samsung Exynos 9609 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

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

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 9609HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Maximum display resolution 2560 x 1600 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP Not available
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VC-1
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationSamsung Exynos 9609HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 21
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 2300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

General

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

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Samsung Exynos 9609

PDF manual 4G
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
View details PDF
4G
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
PDF manual 4G
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
View details PDF

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

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