HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs MediaTek Helio G35

VS

Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with MediaTek Helio G35. 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 980

484026

Helio G35

114781

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 980

698

Helio G35

177

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 980

2482

Helio G35

984

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55	4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt	2.2 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon Dual NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 6 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP10	Imagination PowerVR GE8320
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Rogue
GPU frequency	720 MHz	680 MHz
Execution units	10	1
Shaders	160	64
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.1	1.2
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3120x1440	2400x1080@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 32MP	1x 25MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	FullHD@30fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.4 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS