HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. 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	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Prime) 3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	8000 million
TDP	6 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP16	Adreno 725
GPU Architecture	Bifrost	Adreno 700
GPU frequency	600 MHz	580 MHz
Execution units	16
Shaders	256
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.1	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3360x1440@60Hz	FHD+@144 Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VC-1 VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		4.4 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS