HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 439

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 439. 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 950
135741
Snapdragon 439

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 950
341
Snapdragon 439
199

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 950
1294
Snapdragon 439
795

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.45 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 8 4
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Number of transistors 2000 million 5500 million
TDP 5 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing Qualcomm Hexagon 536

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 5 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR3
Memory frequency 1333 MHz 800 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T880 MP4 Adreno 505
GPU Architecture Mali Midgard Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency 900 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 4 1
Shaders 64 48
DirectX 11.2 11
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
Vulkan API 1.0 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 1920x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 31MP, 2x 13MP 1x 21MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture FullHD@60fps FullHD+@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.3 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps 0.08 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 November 2018 Quarter 2
Partnumber Hi3650 SDM439
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end