Snapdragon 429 vs Kirin 710
We compared the 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 (Adreno 504) with the newer 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 710 (Mali-G51 MP4) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 710
- Higher GPU frequency (~2.2x)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 9 score – 195K vs 93K
- Has 4 more cores
- Performs 71% better in floating-point computations
- 10% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 2000 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 36510 | 70901 |
| GPU | 5369 | 33222 |
| Memory | 30988 | 33714 |
| UX | 21174 | 57642 |
| Total score | 93260 | 195323 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 37.4 Mpixels/s | 83.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 3.81 images/s | 11.7 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 11.7 words/s | 24.3 words/s |
| Machine learning | 8.12 images/s | 17.4 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 2.52 images/s | 9.52 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 0.6702 Mnodes/s | 1.74 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 183.2 Krows/s | 470.7 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 84% |
| Graphics test | - | 3 FPS |
| Score | - | 554 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 51 FPS [Medium] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 29 FPS [Low] |
| Fortnite | - | 25 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 56 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 52 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Huawei Honor 10 Lite 1080 x 2340 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 429 and Kirin 710CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | - | 1 MB |
| Process | 12 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 5.5 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 504 | Mali-G51 MP4 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 450 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 4 |
| Shading units | 96 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 48.6 Gigaflops | 83.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11.1 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 6.4 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 536 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1600 x 900 | 2340 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP | 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 30FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X6 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 5 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 75 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | June 2018 | July 2018 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM429 | Hi6260 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 710 official site |
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