HiSilicon Kirin 955 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 955 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. 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 801

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 955

345

Snapdragon 801

206

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 955

1180

Snapdragon 801

701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors	2000 million	1000 million
TDP	5 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing		Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

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

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 330
GPU Architecture	Mali Midgard	Qualcomm Adreno 300
GPU frequency	900 MHz	578 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	64	128
DirectX	11.2	11
OpenCL API	1.2	1.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2560x2048
Max camera resolution	1x 31MP, 2x 13MP	1x 21MP
Max Video Capture	FullHD@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.3 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.05 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	4.2	4.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS