HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. 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 3.20 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Gold)
4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 585 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 7 nm
TDP 6 Watt 10 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend D110 Lite + Ascend D100 Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture Qualcomm Hexagon 698

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP8 Adreno 650
GPU Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
GPU frequency 700 MHz 670 MHz
Execution units 8 2
Shaders 128 512
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
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 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fp 8K@30fps
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 7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 3 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 2 2021 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi6290 SM8250-AC
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 985 5G
467882
Snapdragon 870
700103

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
699
Snapdragon 870
991

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 985 5G
2593
Snapdragon 870
3362