Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 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 685
348982
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU116467193866
GPU43728159831
Memory109871114872
UX78916123183
NanoReview Score348982591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stability99 %48 %
Graphics Test3 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression100 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 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 - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 6 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 610 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 1 10
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 128 240
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 345.6 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 Hexagon 686 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 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 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD n/a

Results

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