Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
561563
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
714339
CPU180456223187
GPU97620212580
Memory148206140763
UX135281137809
NanoReview Score561563714339
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2367
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Stabilityn/a55 %
Graphics Test14 fps19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
943
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2748
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
File Compression150.2 MB/s133.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser65.8 pages/s76.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering91.8 MP/sec114.7 MP/sec
Background Blur9.69 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Photo Processing23.2 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Image Detection53 frames/s62.2 frames/s
HDR90.3 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.13 MP/sec4 MP/sec

Games

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

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 2860
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 8 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Mali-G76 MP16
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 676 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 2 16
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 256 384
FLOPS 346.1 GFLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 22 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3360x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced September, 2022 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6450 n/a

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