HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4). 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 8 Elite (Gen 4)

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 955

345

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

3174

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 955

1180

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

9781

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	6x 3.53 GHz – Phoenix M (Oryon)
Number of cores	8	6
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	3 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million
TDP	5 Watt	8.2 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	1333 MHz	5333 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 830
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 800
GPU frequency	900 MHz	1100 MHz
Execution units	4	3
Shaders	64	1536
DirectX	11.2	12.1
OpenCL API	1.2	3.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2540
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	8K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	4.2	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS