HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 930 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 930

Snapdragon 820

241750

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 930

Snapdragon 820

318

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 930

Snapdragon 820

798

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.5 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	28 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	1000 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	LPDDR3	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	800 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T628 MP4	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	600 MHz	620 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	64	256
DirectX	11	11.2
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2560x1600	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP	1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

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	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS