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?

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 Bifrost 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2021 Quarter 4
Partnumber SM7325-AE
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

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