Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Samsung Exynos 2200

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Kirin 9000 and Exynos 2200 SoCs, brought to you by Hisilicon and Samsung respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.

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 11.79% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 2200 (3130 vs 2800 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has -41.54% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 2200 (760 vs 1300 MHz).
Pros of Exynos 2200
  • Exynos 2200 has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Exynos 2200 has 23.89 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 ( 945 K vs 762 K).
  • Exynos 2200 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .
  • Exynos 2200 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

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
944505
CPU 194527 223163
GPU 280796 391575
Memory 146761 175188
UX 140303 154579
Total score 762387 944505

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% 59%
Graphics test 36 FPS 39 FPS
Score 6040 6531

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
1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.52 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.82 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1820MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2800MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Samsung Xclipse 920
Architecture Valhall 2 RDNA 2
GPU frequency 760 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 24 24
Shading units 384 384
Total shaders 768 768
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Yes

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 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 240FPS
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 -
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 3000 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 January 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - S5E9925
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Exynos 2200 official site