HiSilicon Kirin 820 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 820, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 820 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 820
494513
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU146219193866
GPU144816159831
Memory101046114872
UX102432123183
NanoReview Score494513591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 820
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stabilityn/a48 %
Graphics Testn/a14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 820
788
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 820
1972
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression99.6 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser46.6 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering65.3 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur6.16 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing17.7 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection36.4 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR60.3 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.86 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Low) 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 41 FPS (Ultra) 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Low) 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 48 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 57 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 33 FPS (Medium) n/a
Device Huawei Honor X10 (1080x2400) Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process n/a TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2360 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) 5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G57 MP6 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 850 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 6 10
Shader Units 32 24
Total shader 192 240
FLOPS 326.4 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 LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 31.78 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 2.1 - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2020 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship

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