HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 710 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo 2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	5500 million
TDP	5 Watt	11 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G51 MP4	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Adreno 500
GPU frequency	650 MHz	620 MHz
GPU boost frequency	1000 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	64	256
DirectX	12	11.2
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2340x1080	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 40MP, 2x 24MP	1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture		4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	4 (802.11n)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS