Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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 888
913477
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
714339
CPU244750223187
GPU305779212580
Memory162981140763
UX199967137809
NanoReview Score913477714339
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Stability63 %55 %
Graphics Test34 fps19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
File Compression160.7 MB/s133.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s76.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec114.7 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s62.2 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec4 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 83 FPS (Ultra) 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Ultra) 30 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400) Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 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 2840 2860
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 8 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 660 Mali-G76 MP16
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 3 16
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 768 384
FLOPS 1290.2 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 780 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 3.0
- 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 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 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 X60 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 December, 2020 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8350 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

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