HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 930 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. 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
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2 (Kryo Prime)
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
Lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 1000 million
TDP 5 Watt 5.3 Watt
Neural Processing Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 800 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0 UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T628 MP4 Adreno 730
GPU Architecture Midgard Adreno 700
GPU frequency 600 MHz 820 MHz
Execution units 4 3
Shaders 64 768
DirectX 11 12
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2560x1600 3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 20MP 1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 8K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.3 Gbps 10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2015 Quarter 2 2021 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3630 SM8450
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 930
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
955537

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 930
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1272

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 930
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
3804