Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 960

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and HiSilicon Kirin 960 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 10 nm (10 nm vs 16 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2450 MHz (2450 MHz vs 2360 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2016 (November 2016 vs October 2016)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
November 2016
Launch Date
October 2016
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
MSM8998
Model Name
Hi3660
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
8
10 nm
Technology
16 nm
2450 MHz
Frequency
2360 MHz
3
Transistor count
4

GPU Specifications

Adreno 540
GPU name
Mali-G71 MP8
739 MHz
GPU frequency
1037 MHz
0.5675 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2655 TFLOPS
384
Shading units
16
1
Execution units
8
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
11
DirectX version
11.3

Connectivity

Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 16
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
No
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
4.2
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
1600 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 32 Bit

Miscellaneous

2 MB
L2 Cache
4 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
2x 16MP
UFS 2.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
9 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon 682
Neural processor (NPU)
No

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 835
415 +2%
Kirin 960
408
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 835
1519 +10%
Kirin 960
1385
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 835
578 +122%
Kirin 960
260
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 835
346172 +27%
Kirin 960
273338