HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
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 660
252006
CPU9078789180
GPU3439736992
Memory5576056965
UX6826268869
NanoReview Score249206252006
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710
493
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
373
Stability84 %96 %
Graphics Test2 fps2 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
354
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
342
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
1193
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
1232
File Compression73.7 MB/s71.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser41.6 pages/s41.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering48 MP/sec51.8 MP/sec
Background Blur1.76 frames/s1.89 frames/s
Photo Processing9.59 frames/s10.2 frames/s
Image Detection12.8 frames/s13.6 frames/s
HDR42.8 MP/sec46.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.98 MP/sec1.97 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
- 4/2.2 (Kryo 260 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.84 (Kryo 260 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 2200
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 512 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 MB n/a
Process tech. 12 nm 14 nm
Transistor count 5.5 billion 1.75 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 512
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 647 MHz
Execution Units 4 1
Shader Units 8 128
Total shader 32 128
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 165.6 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 680

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 13.9 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
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x48 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
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem n/a X12
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 5
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced July, 2018 yr May, 2017 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename Hi6260 SM6115

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