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?

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 Bifrost 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 4 2022 Quarter 4
Partnumber SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC1
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

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