HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 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 955

147887

Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

493372

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 955

345

Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

749

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 955

1180

Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

2203

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 710
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	900 MHz
Execution units	4
Shaders	64
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		2520x1080@120Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 200MP, 1x 25MP + 1x 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	2.9 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