Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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 8 Gen 1
1169574
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
714339
CPU315665223187
GPU426818212580
Memory192834140763
UX234257137809
NanoReview Score1169574714339
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Stabilityn/a55 %
Graphics Test40 fps19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
File Compression154.9 MB/s133.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s76.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec114.7 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s62.2 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec4 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) 30 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 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 3000 2860
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 8 billion
Power (TDP) 5.3 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Mali-G76 MP16
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 2 16
Shader Units 512 24
Total shader 1024 384
FLOPS 1675.3 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 Hexagon Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3360x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VC-1
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8450 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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