HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. 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
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo
4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 8000 million 2000 million
TDP 7 Watt 11 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0 Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.0 UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G76 MP16 Adreno 530
GPU Architecture Bifrost Adreno 500
GPU frequency 700 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 16 2
Shaders 256 256
DirectX 12 11.2
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.1
Vulkan API 1.1 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3360x1440@60Hz 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 28MP, 2x
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)

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 4.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 4 2016 Quarter 3
Partnumber MSM8996 Pro-AB, MSM8996 Pro-AC
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 990 5G
576876
Snapdragon 821
232375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 990 5G
774
Snapdragon 821
353

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 990 5G
3082
Snapdragon 821
857