HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 930 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 636. 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 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 260 Gold)
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 260 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 1000 million 2000 million
TDP 5 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 800 MHz 1333 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0 UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T628 MP4 Adreno 509
GPU Architecture Midgard Adreno 500
GPU frequency 600 MHz 720 MHz
Execution units 4 1
Shaders 64 128
DirectX 11 12
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2560x1600 1920x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 20MP 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.3 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2015 Quarter 2 2017 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3630 SDM636
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 930
Snapdragon 636
174837

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 930
Snapdragon 636
274

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 930
Snapdragon 636
1129