HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9020

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G and HiSilicon Kirin 9020 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2860 MHz (2860 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (October 2019 vs December 2024)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
HiSilicon
October 2019
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
Kirin 990 5G
Model Name
Kirin 9020
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
7 nm
2860 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
8
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Mali-G76 MP16
GPU name
Maleoon 920
600 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
0.6912 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
36
Shading units
-
16
Execution units
4
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3360 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

2 MB
L2 Cache
5 MB
-
L3 cache
10 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VC-1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 990 5G
969
Kirin 9020
1648 +70%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 990 5G
3176
Kirin 9020
5420 +71%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 990 5G
707196
Kirin 9020
1236035 +75%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
359
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8371
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
10517