HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 950 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. 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 870

700103

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 950

341

Snapdragon 870

991

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 950

1294

Snapdragon 870

3362

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 3.20 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 585 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	10 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon 698

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 650
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	900 MHz	670 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	64	512
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, 2x 25MP
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	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	3 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 SBAS