HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G 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 985 5G

467882

Snapdragon 801

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 985 5G

699

Snapdragon 801

206

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 985 5G

2593

Snapdragon 801

701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.58 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors		1000 million
TDP	6 Watt	6 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 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G77 MP8	Adreno 330
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Qualcomm Adreno 300
GPU frequency	700 MHz	578 MHz
Execution units	8	1
Shaders	128	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 20MP	1x 21MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fp	4K@30fps
Video codec support	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	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS