HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G Benchmark, Test and specs
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The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G has 8 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the HiSilicon Kirin series. The processor was released in Q3/2019. The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G scores 757 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,855 points.
| Name: | HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G |
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| Family: | HiSilicon Kirin (29) |
| CPU group: | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (3) |
| Architecture: | Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 8 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G is 2.86 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 8 / 8 |
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| Core architecture: | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 2x Cortex-A76 |
| B-Core: | 2x Cortex-A76 |
| C-Core: | 4x Cortex-A55 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 2.86 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 2.36 GHz |
| C-Core Frequency: | 1.95 GHz |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
| AI hardware: | HUAWEI HiAI 2.0 |
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| AI specifications: | Da Vinci Architecture. 1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny |
Internal Graphics
The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G uses the ARM Mali-G76 MP14, which has 224 texture shaders and 14 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | ARM Mali-G76 MP14 |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.60 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 0.60 GHz |
| Compute units: | 14 |
| Shader: | 224 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | No |
| Release date: | Q3/2018 |
| Max. displays: | 2 |
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| Generation: | Bifrost 3 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 7 nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 4 GB |
| Frame Generation: | No |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | No |
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| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode / Encode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 8 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| LPDDR4X-4266 | -- |
| Max. Memory: | 8 GB |
| Memory channels: | 4 (Quad Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 6 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 7 nm |
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| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 2.00 MB |
| AES-NI: | No |
| Operating systems: | Android |
| Virtualization: | None |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | -- |
| Release date: | Q3/2019 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
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8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
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8C 8T @ 2.86 GHz |
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Benchmarks
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