Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 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 7s Gen 4
854884
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
714339
CPU274580223187
GPU237549212580
Memory154592140763
UX188163137809
NanoReview Score854884714339
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Stabilityn/a55 %
Graphics Testn/a19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1214
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
3314
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
File Compressionn/a133.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a76.3 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a114.7 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a10.9 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a30.1 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a62.2 frames/s
HDRn/a91.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a4 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 - 1/2.7 (Kryo Prime Cortex-A720)
- 3/2.4 (Kryo Gold Cortex-A720)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo Silver Cortex-A520)
- 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2700 2860
Instruction set ARMv9.2-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) 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 MP16
Architecture Adreno 800 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency n/a 600 MHz
Execution Units 2 16
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 256 384
FLOPS n/a 460.8 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 Da Vinci

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 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 2900x1300 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 5G 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 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced August, 2025 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7635-AC n/a

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