HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 435

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 435. 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 955

147887

Snapdragon 435

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 955

345

Snapdragon 435

142

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 955

1180

Snapdragon 435

620

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million	1000 million
TDP	5 Watt	4 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon 536

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	800 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 505
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	900 MHz	450 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	64	48
DirectX	11.2	11
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		1920x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 21MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	FullHD+@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	0.1 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS