Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 980
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
HiSilicon Kirin 980
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4600 MHz / 4740 MHz vs 2600 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs August 2018)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2025
Launch Date
August 2018
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
Model Name
Kirin 980
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
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
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
Frequency
2600 MHz
-
Transistor count
6.9
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
720 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.5184 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
36
-
Execution units
10
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
No
6.0
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
24 MB
L2 Cache
4 MB
8 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+350%
Kirin 980
835
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+493%
Kirin 980
2132
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+584%
Kirin 980
528
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+449%
Kirin 980
595078
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