Snapdragon 690 vs Kirin 990 (5G)
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 (with Adreno 619L graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) (Mali G76 MP16). 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 690
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
- Announced 9 months later
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
- Supports 113% higher memory bandwidth (31.78 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 55%) AnTuTu 8 score – 491K vs 317K
- 43% higher CPU clock speed (2860 vs 2000 MHz)
- Has the smaller size of the transistor (7 versus 8 nm)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 8
Specifications
CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2860 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8 billion |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 619L | Mali G76 MP16 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | - | 700 MHz |
| Cores | - | 16 |
| Number of ALUs | 128 | - |
| FLOPS | - | 896 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 | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 31.78 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 692 | Da Vinci |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X51 | Balong 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 2300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 200 Mbps | Up to 1250 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | June 2020 | October 2019 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM6350 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) official site |
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