HiSilicon Kirin 980
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
HiSilicon Kirin 980
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 7 nm (7 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2600 MHz (2600 MHz vs 2342 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: August 2018 (August 2018 vs August 2016)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
August 2018
Launch Date
August 2016
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Kirin 980
Model Name
MSM8996 Pro-AC
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
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
8
Cores
4
7 nm
Technology
14 nm
2600 MHz
Frequency
2342 MHz
6.9
Transistor count
2
GPU Specifications
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU name
Adreno 530
720 MHz
GPU frequency
653 MHz
0.5184 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.3343 TFLOPS
36
Shading units
256
10
Execution units
1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.0
3120 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
11
Connectivity
Up to 1400 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 21
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
No
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
4.1
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
4 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
6 W
TDP
11 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 980
835
+114%
Snapdragon 821
391
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 980
2132
+168%
Snapdragon 821
797
FP32 (float)
Kirin 980
528
+55%
Snapdragon 821
341
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 980
595078
+161%
Snapdragon 821
228414
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