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
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 223187 | 134774 |
| GPU | 212580 | 137678 |
| Memory | 140763 | 81181 |
| UX | 137809 | 102041 |
| NanoReview Score | 714339 | 455674 |
| Stability | 55 % | 94 % |
| Graphics Test | 19 fps | 9 fps |
| File Compression | 133.5 MB/s | 104.1 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 76.3 pages/s | 68.5 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 114.7 MP/sec | 74.9 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 10.9 frames/s | 6.01 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 30.1 frames/s | 20.5 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 62.2 frames/s | 18.1 frames/s |
| HDR | 91.2 MP/sec | 71.5 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 4 MP/sec | 3.02 MP/sec |
Games
PUBG Mobile |
58 FPS (Ultra) | 53 FPS (Ultra) |
Call of Duty: Mobile |
44 FPS (Ultra) | 55 FPS (High) |
Fortnite |
30 FPS (High) | 28 FPS (Ultra) |
Shadowgun Legends |
n/a | 48 FPS (High) |
World of Tanks Blitz |
60 FPS (Ultra) | 60 FPS (Ultra) |
Genshin 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 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
| Artificial Intelligence | Da Vinci | Hexagon 685 |
Memory
| 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
| 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.
Survey
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PUBG Mobile
Call of Duty: Mobile
Fortnite
Shadowgun Legends
World of Tanks Blitz
Genshin Impact