HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 678. 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 678

271853

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 950

341

Snapdragon 678

524

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 950

1294

Snapdragon 678

1521

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 460 Gold) 6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 460 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	11 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon 685

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 612
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	900 MHz	850 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	64	96
DirectX	11.2	12
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	4K@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	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