HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710A, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710A and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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 680
308333
CPU86750104065
GPU3422639362
Memory5351592127
UX6392972779
NanoReview Score238420308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
562
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Graphics Test3 fps3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
319
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
1125
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compression74 MB/s90 MB/s
HTML5 Browser31.1 pages/s46.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering48.3 MP/sec64.4 MP/sec
Background Blur1.93 frames/s3.06 frames/s
Photo Processing8.4 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Image Detection13.7 frames/s16.3 frames/s
HDR41.7 MP/sec51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.9 MP/sec2.52 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 48 FPS (Medium) 59 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 30 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) 23 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 54 FPS (Low) 65 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Medium) 62 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) 54 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Device Huawei Honor 9C (1560x720) Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2000 2400
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 512 MB n/a
L3 Cache 1 MB n/a
Process tech. 14 nm 6 nm
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 Adreno 610
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 4 1
Shader Units 8 128
Total shader 32 128
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 285.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
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 686

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 17 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 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 2.2
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x64 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
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X11
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 390 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 5
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced June, 2020 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Low end
Codename n/a SM6225

Results

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