HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. 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
4x 2.45 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 280 Gold)
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 280 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 16 nm 10 nm
Number of transistors 2000 million 3000 million
TDP 5 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing Qualcomm Hexagon 682

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 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0 UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T880 MP4 Adreno 540
GPU Architecture Midgard Adreno 500
GPU frequency 900 MHz 740 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 64 384
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
Max camera resolution 1x 31MP, 2x 13MP 1x 32MP, 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 1 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2015 November 2017 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi3650 MSM8998, 8998, MSM8098, 8098
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 950
135741
Snapdragon 835
308375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 950
341
Snapdragon 835
383

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 950
1294
Snapdragon 835
1694