HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 710
249206
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
167228
CPU9078761394
GPU3439716162
Memory5576045586
UX6826244086
NanoReview Score249206167228
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710
493
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
159
Stability84 %n/a
Graphics Test2 fps1 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
354
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
189
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
1193
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
862
File Compression73.7 MB/s62.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser41.6 pages/s27.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering48 MP/sec27.4 MP/sec
Background Blur1.76 frames/s1.19 frames/s
Photo Processing9.59 frames/s6.81 frames/s
Image Detection12.8 frames/s9.55 frames/s
HDR42.8 MP/sec26.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.98 MP/sec1.67 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 51 FPS (Medium) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 29 FPS (Low) n/a
FortniteFortnite 25 FPS (Low) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 56 FPS (Low) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 52 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Huawei Honor 10 Lite (1080x2340) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 2000
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 512 MB n/a
L3 Cache 1 MB n/a
Process tech. 12 nm 14 nm
Transistor count 5.5 billion 2 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G51 MP4 Adreno 506
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 4 1
Shader Units 8 48
Total shader 32 48
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 62.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Hexagon 546

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 1x32 bit
Bandwidth n/a 7.46 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels 1900x1200 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x24 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X9
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 5
Bluetooth version 4.2 4.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced July, 2018 yr February, 2016 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename Hi6260 MSM8953

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