Snapdragon 730 vs Kirin 990 (4G)
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 (with Adreno 618 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G) (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 730
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)
- Supports 128% higher memory bandwidth (31.78 against 13.91 GB/s)
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 71%) AnTuTu 8 score – 421K vs 246K
- 30% higher CPU clock speed (2860 vs 2200 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~20%)
- Announced 6-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 8 nm)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 94487 | 138017 |
| GPU | 64985 | 145170 |
| Memory | 49437 | 98516 |
| UX | 40297 | 55324 |
| Total score | 246789 | 421598 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 93.9 Mpixels/s | 148.7 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 11.7 images/s | 23.9 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 27 words/s | 54.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 24.7 images/s | 55.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 14 images/s | 28.2 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.17 Mnodes/s | 3.13 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 478.1 Krows/s | 797.5 Krows/s |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 59 FPS [Medium] |
58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 36 FPS [Ultra] |
41 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 27 FPS [Medium] |
29 FPS [Ultra] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 35 FPS [Medium] |
55 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 30 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Mi9T 1080 x 2340 |
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 1146 x 2400 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 730 and Kirin 990 (4G)CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2860 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 618 | Mali G76 MP16 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 500 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 16 |
| Shading units | 128 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 386 Gigaflops | 768 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.91 Gbit/s | 31.78 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Qualcomm Hexagon 688 DSP | Da Vinci |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3360 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 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 | X15 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 1400 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | April 2019 | October 2019 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7150-AA | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G) official site |
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