HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 7870
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
8x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2600 MHz
1600 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
L3 cache
0
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Process
7 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
6.9
2
TDP
6 W
3 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Mali-T830 MP1
GPU frequency
720 MHz
700 MHz
Execution units
10
1
Shading units
36
16
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
12
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
No
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 6
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Aug 2018
Feb 2016
Class
Flagship
Low end
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
146,176
Geekbench 6
835
172
Geekbench 6
2,132
495
FP32 (float)
518
22
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.