HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 980 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. 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
4x 2.45 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 280 Gold)
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 280 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million 3000 million
TDP 6 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing HiSilicon Dual NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 682

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 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP10 Adreno 540
GPU Architecture Bifrost Adreno 500
GPU frequency 720 MHz 740 MHz
Execution units 10 2
Shaders 160 384
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3120x1440 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP 1x 32MP, 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 1 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 4 2017 Quarter 1
Partnumber MSM8998, 8998, MSM8098, 8098
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 980
484026
Snapdragon 835
308375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 980
698
Snapdragon 835
383

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 980
2482
Snapdragon 835
1694