Samsung Exynos 2100
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9020

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 2100 and HiSilicon Kirin 9020 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2900 MHz (2900 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (December 2020 vs December 2024)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
HiSilicon
December 2020
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
SMIC
S5E9840
Model Name
Kirin 9020
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X1
3x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
8
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
7 nm
2900 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G78 MP14
GPU name
Maleoon 920
854 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
1.5304 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
64
Shading units
-
14
Execution units
4
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
-
L2 Cache
5 MB
-
L3 cache
10 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2100
1474
Kirin 9020
1648 +12%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2100
3334
Kirin 9020
5420 +63%
AnTuTu 10
Exynos 2100
579331
Kirin 9020
1236035 +113%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G (Exynos 2100)
Samsung Exynos 2100
398
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Samsung Galaxy S21 5G (Exynos 2100)
Samsung Exynos 2100
13280
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
10517