HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 980 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (2600 MHz vs 3100 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: July 2020 (August 2018 vs July 2020)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
August 2018
Launch Date
July 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 980
Model Name
SM8250-AB
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 3.1 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
7 nm
2600 MHz
Frequency
3100 MHz
GPU Specifications
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU name
Adreno 650
720 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
0.5184 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
36
Shading units
512
10
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
3120 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 21
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
4 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
6 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 980
835
Snapdragon 865 Plus
1163
+39%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 980
2132
Snapdragon 865 Plus
3306
+55%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 980
595078
Snapdragon 865 Plus
780352
+31%
FP32 (float)
Kirin 980
528
Snapdragon 865 Plus
1345
+155%