Kirin 9000 Vs Exynos 2100
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Exynos 2100 SoCs by Hisilicon and Samsung respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 9000
- Kirin 9000 has 7.93% higher CPU clock speed than Exynos 2100 (3130 vs 2900 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Exynos 2100 (4 vs 5 nm).
- Kirin 9000 has 1.42% better AnTuTu 9 score than Exynos 2100 (762 K vs 752 K).
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2100
- Exynos 2100 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
- Exynos 2100 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000.
- Exynos 2100 Support 16.36% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 (51.2 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 194527 | 202484 |
| GPU | 280796 | 285430 |
| Memory | 146761 | 123653 |
| UX | 140303 | 140161 |
| Total score | 762387 | 751728 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 170.5 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 26.7 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 64.15 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 51.35 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 33.9 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 3.21 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 970.15 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
47%
Kirin 900044%
Samsung 2100Score: 6040
| Stability | 54% | 66% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Score | 6040 | 5655 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Hisilicon Kirin 9000 and Samsung Exynos 2100Display
| Max On-Device Display | - | 4K @ 120 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | 4096 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | - | 8K @ 60 Hz |
| HDR | - | HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | - | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | - | Rec2020 |
CPU
83%
Kirin 900077%
Samsung 2100
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-X1 3x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 0.512 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistor count | 15.3 Billion | - |
| TDP | 4 W | 9 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Mali-G78 MP14 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 760 MHz |
| Execution units | 24 | 14 |
| Shading units | 384 | 224 |
| FLOPS | 1076 Gigaflops | 976 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI accelerator | AI Engine with Triple-core NPU and DSP (26 TOPS) |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 4096 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Balong 5000 | Exynos Modem 5200 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 7526 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 3758 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | October 2020 | December 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | S5E9840 |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Exynos 2100 official site |
Hisilicon Kirin 9000
48.75
Review By TenzysTech
Samsung Exynos 2100
39.75
Review By TenzysTech
