HiSilicon Kirin 980
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 980 and HiSilicon Kirin 8000A mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2600 MHz (2600 MHz vs 2200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2026 (August 2018 vs March 2026)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
HiSilicon
August 2018
Launch Date
March 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
Kirin 980
Model Name
Kirin 8000A
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
3x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
7 nm
2600 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
6.9
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Mali-G76 MP10
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP4
720 MHz
GPU frequency
864 MHz
0.5184 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
36
Shading units
64
10
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3120 x 1440
Max display resolution
-
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 1400 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 21
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
6.0
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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

Miscellaneous

4 MB
L2 Cache
-
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 980
835
Kirin 8000A
886 +6%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 980
2132
Kirin 8000A
2372 +11%
FP32 (float)
Kirin 980
528 +22%
Kirin 8000A
433
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 980
595078 +11%
Kirin 8000A
536611