HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus. 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 990 4G

497136

Snapdragon 778G Plus

575937

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 990 4G

748

Snapdragon 778G Plus

813

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 990 4G

3078

Snapdragon 778G Plus

2934

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 670 Prime) 3x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 670 Gold) 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 670 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	6 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 770

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 642L
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	600 MHz	550 MHz
Execution units	16	4
Shaders	256	384
DirectX	12	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	2520x1080@144Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 1x 36MP + 1x 22MP
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		3.7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		1.6 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