HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710A, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710A and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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 888
913477
CPU86750244750
GPU34226305779
Memory53515162981
UX63929199967
NanoReview Score238420913477
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
562
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Stabilityn/a63 %
Graphics Test3 fps34 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
319
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
1125
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
File Compression74 MB/s160.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser31.1 pages/s99.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering48.3 MP/sec125.2 MP/sec
Background Blur1.93 frames/s11.5 frames/s
Photo Processing8.4 frames/s28 frames/s
Image Detection13.7 frames/s68.5 frames/s
HDR41.7 MP/sec87.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.9 MP/sec4.77 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 48 FPS (Medium) 83 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 30 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) 26 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 54 FPS (Low) 89 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Medium) 112 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Honor 9C (1560x720) Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2000 2840
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 512 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 14 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G51 MP4 Adreno 660
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 8 256
Total shader 32 768
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 1290.2 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 780

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
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 X60
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 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced June, 2020 yr December, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a SM8350

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

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