Unisoc Tiger T616 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: Unisoc Tiger T616, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Unisoc Tiger T616 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
Unisoc Tiger T616
292658
HiSilicon Kirin 980
591752
CPU89479193866
GPU26174159831
Memory104216114872
UX72789123183
NanoReview Score292658591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Unisoc Tiger T616
463
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stability98 %48 %
Graphics Test2 fps14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Unisoc Tiger T616
452
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Unisoc Tiger T616
1503
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression76.7 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser42.7 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering47.5 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur3.74 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing14.3 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection26 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR46 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.2 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

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

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – 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 2000 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G57 MP1 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 1 10
Shader Units 32 24
Total shader 32 240
FLOPS 48 GFLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.0
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 2.2
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 2400x1080 pixels 3120x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Low end Flagship

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 980 the clear winner in this comparison.

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