Snapdragon 680 vs Kirin 710
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 (with Adreno 610 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 710 (Mali-G51 MP4). 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
- Performs 2.9x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 12 nm)
- Announced 3-years and 4-months later
- Shows better (up to 38%) AnTuTu 9 score – 268K vs 195K
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 2200 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 710
- Higher GPU frequency (~5%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 80369 | 70901 |
| GPU | 49250 | 33222 |
| Memory | 63380 | 33714 |
| UX | 76547 | 57642 |
| Total score | 268896 | 195323 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 83.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 11.7 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 24.3 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 17.4 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 9.52 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 1.74 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 470.7 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 98% | 84% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Score | 441 | 554 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 59 FPS [Medium] |
51 FPS [Medium] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Low] |
29 FPS [Low] |
| Fortnite | 23 FPS [Low] |
25 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 65 FPS [Low] |
56 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 62 FPS [Medium] |
52 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | 26 FPS [Low] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 54 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 1080 x 2400 |
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 680 and Kirin 710CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2400 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | - | 1 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 5.5 billion |
| TDP | - | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Mali-G51 MP4 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 243 Gigaflops | 83.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2340 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X11 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 390 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2021 | July 2018 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SM6225 | Hi6260 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 710 official site |
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