HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 980, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 980 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
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 980
591752
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
854884
CPU193866274580
GPU159831237549
Memory114872154592
UX123183188163
NanoReview Score591752854884
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
n/a
Stability48 %n/a
Graphics Test14 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1214
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
3314
File Compression94.5 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser50.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering62.5 MP/secn/a
Background Blur6.54 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing18.5 frames/sn/a
Image Detection48 frames/sn/a
HDR54.4 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing2.59 MP/secn/a

Games

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

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
- 1/2.7 (Kryo Prime Cortex-A720)
- 3/2.4 (Kryo Gold Cortex-A720)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo Silver Cortex-A520)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2600 2700
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 6.9 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G76 MP10 Adreno 810
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 720 MHz n/a
Execution Units 10 2
Shader Units 24 128
Total shader 240 256
FLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
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 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
- UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3120x1440 pixels 2900x1300 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X62 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1400 MB/s Up to 2900 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 200 MB/s Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2018 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename n/a SM7635-AC

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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