Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 990

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and HiSilicon Kirin 990 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (6 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2023 (March 2023 vs October 2019)
  • Higher Frequency: 2860 MHz (2800 MHz vs 2860 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
March 2023
Launch Date
October 2019
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM6225-AD
Model Name
Kirin 990
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
7 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
2860 MHz
-
Transistor count
8

GPU Specifications

Adreno 610
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP16
950 MHz
GPU frequency
600 MHz
0.2432 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.6912 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
36
1
Execution units
16
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 390 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 13
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.0
5
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
2 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VC-1
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon 686
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 685
475
Kirin 990
971 +104%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 685
1517
Kirin 990
3155 +108%