HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 439

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 439. 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

Snapdragon 439

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 980

698

Snapdragon 439

199

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 980

2482

Snapdragon 439

795

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55	4x 1.45 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million	5500 million
TDP	6 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon Dual NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 536

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 5 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP10	Adreno 505
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	720 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	10	1
Shaders	160	48
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL API	2.1	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3120x1440	1920x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 32MP	1x 21MP, 2x 8MP
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) VP8

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.4 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	0.08 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 SBAS