HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. 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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 (Kryo Prime)
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold)
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold)
3x 2 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 6.3 Watt
Neural Processing Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 1333 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0 UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T880 MP4 Adreno 740
GPU Architecture Midgard Adreno 700
GPU frequency 900 MHz 680 MHz
Execution units 4
Shaders 64
DirectX 11.2
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.3

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
AV1
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 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.3
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2015 November 2022 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3650 SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC1
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 950
135741
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1279057

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 950
341
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1479

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 950
1294
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
4952