HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710A, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710A and Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
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 710A
238420
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
136304
CPU8675049828
GPU3422618186
Memory5351542347
UX6392925943
NanoReview Score238420136304
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
562
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
n/a
Graphics Test3 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
319
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
168
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
1125
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
762
File Compression74 MB/s48.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser31.1 pages/s23.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering48.3 MP/sec36.5 MP/sec
Background Blur1.93 frames/s0.91 frames/s
Photo Processing8.4 frames/s5.11 frames/s
Image Detection13.7 frames/s9.42 frames/s
HDR41.7 MP/sec25.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.9 MP/sec1.36 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 48 FPS (Medium) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 30 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 54 FPS (Low) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Medium) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Huawei Honor 9C (1560x720) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2000 1800
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. 14 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 2 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 3 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 600 MHz
Execution Units 4 1
Shader Units 8 48
Total shader 32 48
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 57.6 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 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 8 GB 4 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 1920x1200 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
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 June, 2020 yr June, 2017 yr
Class Mid-range Low end
Codename n/a SDM450

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