HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 950

135741

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

955537

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 950

341

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

1272

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 950

1294

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

3804

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 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	16 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	5.3 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 730
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	900 MHz	820 MHz
Execution units	4	3
Shaders	64	768
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		3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	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