HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3. 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 960

253892

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 960

382

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

1928

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 960

1544

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

5139

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53	1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	16 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	4000 million
TDP	5 Watt	5.5 Watt
Neural Processing		NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	1866 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 732
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	900 MHz	950 MHz
Execution units	8	3
Shaders	128	768
DirectX	11.3	12.1
OpenCL API	1.2	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 20MP, 2x 12MP	1x 200MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.6 Gbps	5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	4.2	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS