HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 730. 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 730

314730

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 955

345

Snapdragon 730

531

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 955

1180

Snapdragon 730

1752

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 470 Gold) 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 470 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon 688

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 618
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	900 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	64	128
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
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
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	0.8 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS