HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 845
455674
CPU223187134774
GPU212580137678
Memory14076381181
UX137809102041
NanoReview Score714339455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stability55 %94 %
Graphics Test19 fps9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression133.5 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser76.3 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering114.7 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur10.9 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing30.1 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection62.2 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR91.2 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite 30 FPS (High) 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640) Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2860 2800
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 256 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Transistor count 8 billion 3 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G76 MP16 Adreno 630
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 600 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 16 2
Shader Units 24 256
Total shader 384 512
FLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS 727 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 Da Vinci Hexagon 685

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 29.8 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 3.0
UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 X20
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced October, 2019 yr December, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SDM845

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) the clear winner in this comparison.

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