Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 and HiSilicon Kirin 980
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 4
757902
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU258336193866
GPU183669159831
Memory138904114872
UX176993123183
NanoReview Score757902591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stabilityn/a48 %
Graphics Testn/a14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1091
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3085
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression154.3 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser81.6 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering109.9 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur11.7 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing25 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR93 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.14 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 2600
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 810 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Adreno 800 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 895 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 2 10
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 256 240
FLOPS 458.2 GFLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 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 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 8 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 3360x1600 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Qualcomm X62 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced February, 2025 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6650 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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