HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 960 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. 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
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 4000 million
TDP 5 Watt 6 Watt
Neural Processing Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G71 MP8 Adreno 640
GPU Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
GPU frequency 900 MHz 590 MHz
Execution units 8 4
Shaders 128 384
DirectX 11.3 12
OpenCL API 1.2 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 20MP, 2x 12MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K
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 2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps 0.316 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2016 October 2018 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi3660 SM8150
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 960
253892
Snapdragon 855
518573

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 960
382
Snapdragon 855
738

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 960
1544
Snapdragon 855
2593