HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. 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 8 Gen 2

1279057

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 980

698

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

1479

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 980

2482

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

4952

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 (Kryo Prime) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold) 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt	6.3 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon Dual NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP10	Adreno 740
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	720 MHz	680 MHz
Execution units	10
Shaders	160
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.1	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3120x1440	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 32MP	1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.4 Gbps	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS