HiSilicon Kirin 980
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
HiSilicon Kirin 980
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 6 nm (7 nm vs 6 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2900 MHz (2600 MHz vs 2900 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: December 2025 (August 2018 vs December 2025)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
August 2018
Launch Date
December 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 980
Model Name
SM6225-AF
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
4x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
6 nm
2600 MHz
Frequency
2900 MHz
6.9
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU name
Adreno 610
720 MHz
GPU frequency
-
0.5184 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
36
Shading units
128
10
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
3120 x 1440
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
Up to 1400 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
LTE Cat. 21
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
No
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
4 MB
L2 Cache
-
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 2.2
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 980
835
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
928
+11%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 980
2132
+4%
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
2049
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 980
595078
+47%
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
405227
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