HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU90787679852
GPU343971283493
Memory55760646515
UX68262505422
NanoReview Score2492063115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710
493
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Stability84 %n/a
Graphics Test2 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
354
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
1193
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression73.7 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser41.6 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering48 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur1.76 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing9.59 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection12.8 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR42.8 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.98 MP/sec14.1 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
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 4600
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 512 MB n/a
L3 Cache 1 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 5.5 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G51 MP4 n/a
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen n/a
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz n/a
Execution Units 4 n/a
Shader Units 8 n/a
Total shader 32 n/a
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz n/a
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Max RAM 6 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 4 7
Bluetooth version 4.2 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced July, 2018 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename Hi6260 SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 710 the clear winner in this comparison.

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