HiSilicon Kirin 980
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
HiSilicon Kirin 980
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 2600 MHz (2600 MHz vs 2400 MHz)
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2025 (August 2018 vs October 2025)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
August 2018
Launch Date
October 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Kirin 980
Model Name
SM6435-AA
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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78, 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2600 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz
6.9
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU name
-
720 MHz
GPU frequency
-
0.5184 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
36
Shading units
-
10
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3120 x 1440
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 1400 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2900 Mbps
LTE Cat. 21
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
6
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
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
4 MB
L2 Cache
-
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 2.2
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.265
- VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
-
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 980
835
Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
988
+18%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 980
2132
Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
2429
+14%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 980
595078
+12%
Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
532494
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