HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. 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 8 Elite 2

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 990 4G

748

Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

3383

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 990 4G

3078

Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

11480

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 4.6 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	3 nm
Number of transistors	8000 million
TDP	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G76 MP16
GPU Architecture	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	600 MHz
Execution units	16
Shaders	256
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0
Vulkan API	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3360x1440@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VC-1 VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS