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Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Samsung Exynos 1280

Kirin 9000
VS
Exynos 1280
Kirin 9000
Exynos 1280

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Exynos 1280 SoCs, developed by Hisilicon and Samsung respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Kirin 9000
  • Kirin 9000 has 30.42% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (3130 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has -24.00% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1280 (760 vs 1000 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1280 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 1280 (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 85.76 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 1280 (762 K vs 410 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Exynos 1280 ( 44 vs MHz).
Pros of Exynos 1280
  • Exynos 1280 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Kirin 9000
vs
Exynos 1280

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
Kirin 9000 +17%
762387
Exynos 1280
410425
CPU 194527 121972
GPU 280796 104889
Memory 146761 77341
UX 140303 106223
Total score 762387 410425

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 54% 99%
Graphics test 36 FPS 13 FPS
Score 6040 2262

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55		 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Valhall 2 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 760 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines 24 4
Shading units 384 48
Total shaders 768 96
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s -
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 2550 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced October 2020 March 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - S5E8825
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Exynos 1280 official site