HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
vs
Samsung Exynos 2600

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro and Samsung Exynos 2600 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2750 MHz (2750 MHz vs 3.8 GHz)
  • Higher Technology: 2 nm (7 nm vs 2 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (November 2025 vs January 2026)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Samsung
November 2025
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
Samsung Foundry (2 nm GAA)
Kirin 9030 Pro
Model Name
S5E9965
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
Architecture
1× C1-Ultra up to 3.8 GHz; 3× C1-Pro up to 3.25 GHz; 6× C1-Pro up to 2.75 GHz
8
Cores
10
7 nm
Technology
2 nm
2750 MHz
Frequency
3.8 GHz

GPU Specifications

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GPU name
Xclipse 960
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
Up to 4K@120 Hz

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
6.0
Bluetooth
-
7
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-

Miscellaneous

- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
-
-
Max camera resolution
Up to 320 MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
Up to 8K@30 fps encode; up to 4K@120 fps recording; HDR
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, AV1; APV (Advanced Professional Video)
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
Up to 8K@60 fps decode; HDR10+ playback
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
Armv9.3-A (AArch64), SME2
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
1717
Exynos 2600
3150 +83%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933
Exynos 2600
11100 +87%