HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 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 Gen 2
1561620
CPU90787367514
GPU34397596874
Memory55760300073
UX68262297159
NanoReview Score2492061561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710
493
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability84 %n/a
Graphics Test2 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
354
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710
1193
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression73.7 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser41.6 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering48 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur1.76 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing9.59 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection12.8 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR42.8 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.98 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 51 FPS (Medium) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 29 FPS (Low) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 25 FPS (Low) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 56 FPS (Low) 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 52 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Honor 10 Lite (1080x2340) ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 3200
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 512 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 5.5 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G51 MP4 Adreno 740
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 8 512
Total shader 32 1536
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

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 4200 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 24 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
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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

Modem n/a Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 7
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced July, 2018 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename Hi6260 SM8550-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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