Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2019 (December 2019 vs October 2019)
  • Higher Frequency: 2860 MHz (2840 MHz vs 2860 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
December 2019
Launch Date
October 2019
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8250-AB
Model Name
Kirin 990 5G
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
7 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
2860 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 650
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP16
587 MHz
GPU frequency
600 MHz
1.2021 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.6912 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
36
2
Execution units
16
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.1
Bluetooth
5.0
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
44 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon 698
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
1 MB
L2 Cache
2 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VC-1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
5 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 865
1128 +16%
Kirin 990 5G
969
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 865
3277 +3%
Kirin 990 5G
3176
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 865
1226 +74%
Kirin 990 5G
705