HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 930 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. 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 2.4 GHz – Kryo 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
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	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	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T628 MP4	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Midgard	Adreno 500
GPU frequency	600 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	64	256
DirectX	11	11.2
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.1
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2560x1600	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP	1x 28MP, 2x
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