HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 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 8000
574704
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
308333
CPU178879104065
GPU11810939362
Memory12820592127
UX14951172779
NanoReview Score574704308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Graphics Testn/a3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compression137.2 MB/s90 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s46.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec64.4 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s3.06 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s16.3 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec2.52 MP/sec

Games

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

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2400
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Adreno 610
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 4 1
Shader Units 64 128
Total shader 256 128
FLOPS 442.3 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 Yes Hexagon 686

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17 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
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.2
Max. resolution n/a 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x64 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong X11
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed n/a Up to 390 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Low end
Codename n/a SM6225

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 8000 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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3 (75%)
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Total Votes: 4

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