HiSilicon Kirin 990

HiSilicon Kirin 990

About mobile processor

The HiSilicon Kirin 990 SoC is a powerful and efficient chipset designed for flagship smartphones. Built on a 7nm process, this SoC packs a total of 8 cores with a frequency of 2860 MHz, making it a powerhouse in terms of performance. The inclusion of a 2 MB L2 cache further enhances its processing capabilities, while maintaining a TDP of just 6W. One of the standout features of the Kirin 990 is its Mali-G76 MP16 GPU, which delivers excellent graphics performance for gaming and multimedia tasks. The SoC also excels in multitasking and overall system responsiveness, as evidenced by its impressive Geekbench 6 scores of 971 for single-core and 3155 for multi-core performance. Thanks to its efficient 7nm architecture, the Kirin 990 is also able to offer impressive power efficiency, helping to extend the battery life of smartphones that are powered by this chipset. Overall, the HiSilicon Kirin 990 SoC is a top-notch offering that delivers a perfect balance of performance, efficiency, and capabilities, making it a solid choice for flagship smartphones.

Basic

Label Name
HiSilicon
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Launch Date
October 2019
Manufacturing
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 990
Architecture
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores
8
Technology
7 nm
Frequency
2860 MHz
Transistor count
8

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Mali-G76 MP16
GPU frequency
600 MHz
FLOPS
0.6912 TFLOPS
Shading units
36
Execution units
16
OpenCL version
2.0
Vulkan version
1.3
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
Wi-Fi
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

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

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6
Single Core Score
971
Geekbench 6
Multi Core Score
3155
FP32 (float)
Score
705

Compared to Other SoC

Geekbench 6 Single Core
3842 +295.7%
1176 +21.1%
971
430 -55.7%
223 -77%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
14383 +355.9%
3334 +5.7%
3155
1397 -55.7%
814 -74.2%
FP32 (float)
2860 +305.7%
1345 +90.8%
705
476 -32.5%
333 -52.8%