HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 990 (5G)
714339
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU223187367514
GPU212580596874
Memory140763300073
UX137809297159
NanoReview Score7143391561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability55 %n/a
Graphics Test19 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression133.5 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser76.3 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering114.7 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur10.9 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing30.1 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection62.2 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR91.2 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 30 FPS (High) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640) ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2860 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 8 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G76 MP16 Adreno 740
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 600 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 16 3
Shader Units 24 512
Total shader 384 1536
FLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
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 Da Vinci Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 24 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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2019 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8550-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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