HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 8000 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 8000

990

Snapdragon 801

206

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 8000

2921

Snapdragon 801

701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.19 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors		1000 million
TDP		6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G610 MP4	Adreno 330
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Qualcomm Adreno 300
GPU frequency	864 MHz	578 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	256	128
DirectX		11
OpenCL API	2.0	1.2
Vulkan API	1.3	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2560x2048
Max camera resolution		1x 21MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.2	4.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS