HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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 865
758192
CPU223187232691
GPU212580195541
Memory140763142021
UX137809188011
NanoReview Score714339758192
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
3875
Stability55 %91 %
Graphics Test19 fps23 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1117
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
3274
File Compression133.5 MB/s150.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser76.3 pages/s84.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering114.7 MP/sec109.4 MP/sec
Background Blur10.9 frames/s10.4 frames/s
Photo Processing30.1 frames/s32.6 frames/s
Image Detection62.2 frames/s74.7 frames/s
HDR91.2 MP/sec102.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4 MP/sec4.19 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) 61 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 30 FPS (High) 30 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640) Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2860 2840
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 8 billion 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G76 MP16 Adreno 650
Architecture Bifrost 3rd gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 600 MHz 587 MHz
Execution Units 16 3
Shader Units 24 256
Total shader 384 768
FLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS 901.6 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 698

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 X55
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2019 yr December, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8250-AB

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