HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 632

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 632. 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 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 250 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 250 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
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 546

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR3
Memory frequency 1333 MHz 933 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.0 eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-T880 MP4 Adreno 506
GPU Architecture Midgard Adreno 500
GPU frequency 900 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 4 1
Shaders 64 96
DirectX 11.2 12
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.1
Vulkan API 1.0 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 1920x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 31MP, 2x 13MP 1x 40MP, 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 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.05 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 April 2018 Quarter 2
Partnumber Hi3655 SDM632
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 955
147887
Snapdragon 632
144893

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 955
345
Snapdragon 632
263

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 955
1180
Snapdragon 632
1048