HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. 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-A75 (Kryo 385 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 385 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	10 nm
TDP	6 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture	Qualcomm Hexagon 685

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G77 MP8	Adreno 630
GPU Architecture	Valhall	Adreno 600
GPU frequency	700 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	8	4
Shaders	128	256
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL API	2.1	1.1
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3120x1440	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fp	4K@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	1.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS