Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 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 7 Plus Gen 3
1411268
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU368941193866
GPU485676159831
Memory314911114872
UX241740123183
NanoReview Score1411268591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
10829
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stabilityn/a48 %
Graphics Test64 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1913
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
5098
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression212.4 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser154 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering181.3 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur16.7 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing45.7 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection117.4 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR156.1 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.53 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 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 1.9 GHz – 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 2800 2600
Instruction set ARMv9.2-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) 5.5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 732 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 950 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 3 10
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 768 240
FLOPS 1459.2 GFLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X63 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7675-AB n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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