Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, vs HiSilicon Kirin 710. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and HiSilicon Kirin 710
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 870
819661
HiSilicon Kirin 710
249206
CPU23785690787
GPU28153534397
Memory12537355760
UX17489768262
NanoReview Score819661249206
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
HiSilicon Kirin 710
493
Stability90 %84 %
Graphics Test25 fps2 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
HiSilicon Kirin 710
354
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
HiSilicon Kirin 710
1193
File Compression148.4 MB/s73.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser85.5 pages/s41.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.5 MP/sec48 MP/sec
Background Blur10.8 frames/s1.76 frames/s
Photo Processing28.3 frames/s9.59 frames/s
Image Detection72.7 frames/s12.8 frames/s
HDR102.4 MP/sec42.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.18 MP/sec1.98 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 51 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) 29 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Ultra) 25 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 102 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS (Ultra) 52 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 49 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) Huawei Honor 10 Lite (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 2200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 512 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 512 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 1 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 5.5 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 650 Mali-G51 MP4
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 1st gen
GPU Frequency 670 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 3 4
Shader Units 256 8
Total shader 768 32
FLOPS 1029.1 GFLOPS 64 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 No

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 16 GB 6 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
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2340x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x40 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- 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. 12
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 4
Bluetooth version 5.2 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr July, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8250-AC Hi6260

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 the clear winner in this comparison.

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