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HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 8000A and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2026 (March 2026 vs October 2021)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (7 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2400 MHz (2200 MHz vs 2400 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
March 2026
Launch Date
October 2021
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 8000A
Model Name
SM6225
3x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A773x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
6 nm
2200 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G610 MP4
GPU name
Adreno 610
864 MHz
GPU frequency
1110 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.284 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
6.0
Bluetooth
5.1
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 8000A
886 +114%
Snapdragon 680
414
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 8000A
2372 +64%
Snapdragon 680
1447
FP32 (float)
Kirin 8000A
433 +49%
Snapdragon 680
290
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 8000A
536611 +70%
Snapdragon 680
316260

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