HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. 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 985 5G

467882

Snapdragon 450

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 985 5G

699

Snapdragon 450

169

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 985 5G

2593

Snapdragon 450

767

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55	8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors		2000 million
TDP	6 Watt	3 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture	Qualcomm Hexagon 546

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G77 MP8	Adreno 506
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	700 MHz	600 MHz
Execution units	8	1
Shaders	128	48
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL API	2.1	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3120x1440	1920x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fp	FullHD+@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.4 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS