HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 630

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 630. 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 630

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 955

345

Snapdragon 630

179

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 955

1180

Snapdragon 630

951

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon 642

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	1333 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 508
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	900 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	64	96
DirectX	11.2	11
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		1900x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
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	0.6 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 SBAS