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
- Higher GPU frequency (~17%)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 990 (4G)
- Supports 113% higher memory bandwidth (31.78 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 70%) AnTuTu 8 score – 424K vs 249K
- 30% higher CPU clock speed (2860 vs 2200 MHz)
- Announced 6 months later
- 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 2.2 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 |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | - |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8 billion |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 618 | Mali G76 MP16 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 700 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Cores | - | 16 |
| Number of ALUs | 128 | - |
| FLOPS | 385 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 | 14.9 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 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | 384 kHz/32 bit | 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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