Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 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 870
819661
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
714339
CPU237856223187
GPU281535212580
Memory125373140763
UX174897137809
NanoReview Score819661714339
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Stability90 %55 %
Graphics Test25 fps19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
File Compression148.4 MB/s133.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser85.5 pages/s76.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.5 MP/sec114.7 MP/sec
Background Blur10.8 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Photo Processing28.3 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Image Detection72.7 frames/s62.2 frames/s
HDR102.4 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.18 MP/sec4 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Ultra) 30 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 102 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 49 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640)

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)
- 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 3200 2860
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 8 billion
Power (TDP) 6 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 MP16
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 670 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 3 16
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 768 384
FLOPS 1029.1 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 698 Da Vinci

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 12 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 3360x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 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 X55 Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8250-AC n/a

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