HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710A, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710A and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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 865
758192
CPU86750232691
GPU34226195541
Memory53515142021
UX63929188011
NanoReview Score238420758192
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
562
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
3875
Stabilityn/a91 %
Graphics Test3 fps23 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
319
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1117
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
1125
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
3274
File Compression74 MB/s150.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser31.1 pages/s84.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering48.3 MP/sec109.4 MP/sec
Background Blur1.93 frames/s10.4 frames/s
Photo Processing8.4 frames/s32.6 frames/s
Image Detection13.7 frames/s74.7 frames/s
HDR41.7 MP/sec102.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.9 MP/sec4.19 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 48 FPS (Medium) 60 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 30 FPS (Ultra) 61 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) 30 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 54 FPS (Low) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Medium) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Honor 9C (1560x720) Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2000 2840
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 512 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 14 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 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 650
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 587 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 8 256
Total shader 32 768
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 901.6 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 698

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X55
4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 22
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 6
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced June, 2020 yr December, 2019 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a SM8250-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 the clear winner in this comparison.

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