HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 670

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 670. 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 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 (Kryo 360 Gold)
6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 360 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million
TDP 6 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon Dual NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 685

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP10 Adreno 615
GPU Architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
GPU frequency 720 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 10 2
Shaders 160 128
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3120x1440 2560x1600
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support AV1
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 1.4 Gbps 0.6 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
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 4 2018 Quarter 3
Partnumber SDM670
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 980
484026
Snapdragon 670
214730

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 980
698
Snapdragon 670
338

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 980
2482
Snapdragon 670
1285