HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 685. 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 1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 265 Gold)
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 265 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 6 nm
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP8 Adreno 610
GPU Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
GPU frequency 700 MHz 950 MHz
Execution units 8 2
Shaders 128 128
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3120x1440 2520x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fp FullHD@60fps
Video codec support 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 0.39 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 2 2023 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi6290 SM6225-AD
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 985 5G
467882
Snapdragon 685
276375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
699
Snapdragon 685
373

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
2593
Snapdragon 685
1597