HiSilicon Kirin 820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 820, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 820 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 820
494513
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
308333
CPU146219104065
GPU14481639362
Memory10104692127
UX10243272779
NanoReview Score494513308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 820
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Graphics Testn/a3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 820
788
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 820
1972
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compression99.6 MB/s90 MB/s
HTML5 Browser46.6 pages/s46.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering65.3 MP/sec64.4 MP/sec
Background Blur6.16 frames/s3.06 frames/s
Photo Processing17.7 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Image Detection36.4 frames/s16.3 frames/s
HDR60.3 MP/sec51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.86 MP/sec2.52 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Low) 59 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 41 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Low) 23 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 65 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 48 FPS (Ultra) 62 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 57 FPS (Ultra) 54 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 33 FPS (Medium) 26 FPS (Low)
Device Huawei Honor X10 (1080x2400) Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process n/a TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2360 2400
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G57 MP6 Adreno 610
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 850 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 6 1
Shader Units 32 128
Total shader 192 128
FLOPS 326.4 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 LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 31.78 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 2.1 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x64 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 X11
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 390 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2020 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Low end
Codename n/a SM6225

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