Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 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 865
758192
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU232691193866
GPU195541159831
Memory142021114872
UX188011123183
NanoReview Score758192591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
3875
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stability91 %48 %
Graphics Test23 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1117
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
3274
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression150.9 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser84.1 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering109.4 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur10.4 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing32.6 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection74.7 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR102.4 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.19 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 61 FPS (Ultra) 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 30 FPS (Ultra) 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 59 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro (1080x2340) Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 650 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 587 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 3 10
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 768 240
FLOPS 901.6 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 698 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 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 X55 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced December, 2019 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8250-AB n/a

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