HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G 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 1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.84 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 ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
Lithography 7 nm 4 nm
TDP 6 Watt 6.3 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 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 3.0 UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP8 Adreno 740
GPU Architecture Valhall Adreno 700
GPU frequency 700 MHz 680 MHz
Execution units 8
Shaders 128
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 20MP 1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fp 8K@30fps
Video codec support 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 5 (802.11ac) 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 2 2022 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi6290 SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC1
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 985 5G
467882
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1279057

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
699
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1479

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
2593
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
4952