Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Samsung Exynos 2100
We’ve thoroughly compared the latest Kirin 9000 vs Exynos 2100 SoCs, developed by Hisilicon and Samsung respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key specifications.
Review
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
Pros of Kirin 9000
- Kirin 9000 has 7.93% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 2100 (3130 vs 2900 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 2100 (4 vs 5 nm).
- Kirin 9000 has 1.42 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 2100 (762 K vs 752 K).
Pros of Exynos 2100
- Exynos 2100 has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).
- Exynos 2100 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .
- Exynos 2100 Support 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 ( 51.2 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 194527 | 202484 |
| GPU | 280796 | 285430 |
| Memory | 146761 | 123653 |
| UX | 140303 | 140161 |
| Total score | 762387 | 751728 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 54% | 66% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Score | 6040 | 5655 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-X1 3x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050MHz | 2200MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130MHz | 2900MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-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 | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Mali-G78 MP14 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 760 MHz |
| Pipelines | 24 | 14 |
| Shading units | 384 | 224 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 448 |
| FLOPS | 1076 Gigaflops | 976 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI accelerator | AI Engine with Triple-core NPU and DSP (26 TOPS) |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 4096 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Balong 5000 | Exynos Modem 5200 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 7526 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | Up to 3072 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 3758 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | Up to 422 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2020 | December 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | S5E9840 |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Exynos 2100 official site |