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Huawei Kirin 8000 vs Samsung Exynos 990

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—Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 990
30.8Inno Score
30.7CPU29.8
—GPU25.7
—Benchmarks37.4
20Efficiencyspec-based32.1
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 80001 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 990

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 8000 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 8000

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 990

  • 14% higher Max clock: 2.73 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Samsung Exynos 990
Announced20232020
Process7 nm7 nm
TDP (typical)—10 W
Architecture—Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Samsung Exynos 990
Cores88
Core configuration1x2.4 GHz + 3x2.19 GHz + 4x1.84 GHz2x2.73 GHz Exynos M5 + 2x2.5 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock2.4 GHz2.73 GHz+14%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Samsung Exynos 990
GPU—Arm Mali-G77 MP11

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Samsung Exynos 990
Memory type—LPDDR5-2750
Max bandwidth—44 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Samsung Exynos 990
Modem—Exynos 5123 5G (external)
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth—5.0

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Samsung Exynos 990
Max display—WQHD+ @ 120Hz
Video capture—8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Samsung Exynos 990
AnTuTu—500,000
Geekbench 6 (single)—900Bottom 38%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—2,650Bottom 46%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme—900Bottom 32%

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