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Huawei Kirin 980 vs Samsung Exynos 1610

Huawei Kirin 980
30.3Inno Score
VS
S
—Inno Score
24.8CPU30.7
33.7Benchmarks—
37Efficiencyspec-based—
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9801 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 1610

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Samsung Exynos 1610 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 980

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

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 1610

  • Stronger CPU score: 31 vs 25

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 980 versus Samsung Exynos 1610
SpecHuawei Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 1610
Announced20182026
Process7 nm—
TDP (typical)8 W—
ArchitectureArmv8.2—

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 980 versus Samsung Exynos 1610
SpecHuawei Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 1610
Cores88
Core configuration2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 + 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A552 + 6
Max clock2.6 GHz+8%2.4 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 980 versus Samsung Exynos 1610
SpecHuawei Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 1610
GPUArm Mali-G76 MP10Mali-G68

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 980 versus Samsung Exynos 1610
SpecHuawei Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 1610
NPUDual NPU (Da Vinci predecessor)—

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 980 versus Samsung Exynos 1610
SpecHuawei Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 1610
Memory typeLPDDR4X-2133—
Max bandwidth34.1 GB/s—

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 980 versus Samsung Exynos 1610
SpecHuawei Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 1610
ModemIntegrated LTE Cat-21—
Wi-FiWi-Fi 5Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth5.05.3

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 980 versus Samsung Exynos 1610
SpecHuawei Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 1610
Max displayFHD+ @ 60Hz—
Video capture4K@30fps—

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 980 versus Samsung Exynos 1610
SpecHuawei Kirin 980Samsung Exynos 1610
AnTuTu430,000—
Geekbench 6 (single)550Bottom 21%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)2,000Bottom 31%—

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