HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2 (Kryo Prime)
3x 2.5 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 7 Watt 5.3 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 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Adreno 730
GPU Architecture Bifrost Adreno 700
GPU frequency 700 MHz 820 MHz
Execution units 16 3
Shaders 256 768
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 3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@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 10 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 SM8450
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 5G
576876
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
955537

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 5G
774
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1272

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 5G
3082
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
3804