HiSilicon Kirin 980
Kirin 980 is one of HiSilicon flagship CPU. It was announced in 2018 Quarter 4. 2x Cortex-A76, 2x Cortex-A76 (1.92 GHz), 4x Cortex-A55 (1.8 GHz). and supports UFS 2.1, 4G, LPDDR4X.
CPU cores and architecture
| Architecture | 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Number of cores | 8 |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8-A |
| Lithography | 7 nm |
| Number of transistors | 6900 million |
| TDP | 6 Watt |
| Neural Processing | HiSilicon Dual NPU |
Memory (RAM)
| Max amount | up to 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
| Memory-bus | 4x16 bit |
Storage
| Storage specification | UFS 2.1 |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G76 MP10 |
| GPU Architecture | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 720 MHz |
| Execution units | 10 |
| Shaders | 160 |
| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenCL API | 2.1 |
| OpenGL API | ES 3.2 |
| Vulkan API | 1.2 |
Camera, Video, Display
| Max screen resolution | 3120x1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 32MP |
| Max Video Capture | 4K@30fps |
| Video codec support | AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9 |
Wireless
| 4G network | Yes |
| 5G network | Yes |
| Peak Download Speed | 1.4 Gbps |
| Peak Upload Speed | 0.2 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 (802.11ax) |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 |
| Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
Supplemental Information
| Launch Date | 2018 Quarter 4 |
| Vertical Segment | Mobiles |
| Positioning | Flagship |
AnTuTu 10
Total Score
GeekBench 6 Single-Core
Score
GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
Score
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