Advantages
- Higher Technology: 6 nm (6 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2800 MHz (2800 MHz vs 2600 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: March 2023 (March 2023 vs August 2018)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
March 2023
Launch Date
August 2018
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM6225-AD
Model Name
Kirin 980
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
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
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
7 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
2600 MHz
-
Transistor count
6.9
GPU Specifications
Adreno 610
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
950 MHz
GPU frequency
720 MHz
0.2432 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.5184 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
36
1
Execution units
10
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 13
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
No
5G support
No
5.2
Bluetooth
5.0
5
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon 686
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
L2 Cache
4 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 685
475
Kirin 980
835
+76%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 685
1517
Kirin 980
2132
+41%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 685
354293
Kirin 980
595078
+68%
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