HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. 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 801

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 980

698

Snapdragon 801

206

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 980

2482

Snapdragon 801

701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million	1000 million
TDP	6 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	HiSilicon Dual NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP10	Adreno 330
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Qualcomm Adreno 300
GPU frequency	720 MHz	578 MHz
Execution units	10	1
Shaders	160	128
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL API	2.1	1.2
OpenGL API	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3120x1440	2560x2048
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 32MP	1x 21MP
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)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.4 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS