HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. 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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A75 (Kryo 385 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 385 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 16 nm 10 nm
Number of transistors 4000 million
TDP 5 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing Qualcomm Hexagon 685

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G71 MP8 Adreno 630
GPU Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
GPU frequency 900 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 8 4
Shaders 128 256
DirectX 11.3 12
OpenCL API 1.2 1.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 20MP, 2x 12MP 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps 1.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 4.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 October 2017 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3660 SDM845
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 960
253892
Snapdragon 845
401054

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 960
382
Snapdragon 845
502

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 960
1544
Snapdragon 845
2163