HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and HiSilicon Kirin 980
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 8000
574704
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU178879193866
GPU118109159831
Memory128205114872
UX149511123183
NanoReview Score574704591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stabilityn/a48 %
Graphics Testn/a14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression137.2 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 4 10
Shader Units 64 24
Total shader 256 240
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution n/a 3120x1440 pixels
Camera n/a 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong n/a
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed n/a Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship

Results

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Survey

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5 (83.33%)
1 (16.67%)
Total Votes: 6

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