HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (2860 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (October 2019 vs March 2024)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2019
Launch Date
March 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 990 5G
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2860 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
8
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Mali-G76 MP16
GPU name
Adreno 735
600 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
0.6912 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
36
Shading units
786
16
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3360 x 1440
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

2 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
L3 cache
8 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VC-1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 990 5G
969
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638 +69%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 990 5G
3176
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991 +26%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 990 5G
707196
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775 +161%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
359
Honor MagicPad 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1089
3DMark Wild Life
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
3293
Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11201
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
1026
Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3116
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
3325
Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
12439
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
23941
Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
54772
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
8371
OnePlus Nord 5
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
18902