Snapdragon 732G vs Kirin 980

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G (with Adreno 618 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 980 (Mali-G76 MP10). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
  • Performs 19% better in floating-point computations
  • Higher GPU frequency (~11%)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 980
  • Supports 129% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 14.9 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 39%) AnTuTu 11 score – 736K vs 531K
  • 13% higher CPU clock speed (2600 vs 2300 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 8 nm)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Kirin 980 +39%
736755
CPU 216427 322481
GPU 52851 107109
Memory 101029 146249
UX 161349 160916
Total score 531656 736755
Samples [51 tests] [37 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Kirin 980 +23%
928
Multi-Core Score
Kirin 980 +58%
2875
Asset compression 92.9 MB/sec 128.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 46.3 pages/sec 75 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 61.8 Mpixels/sec 97.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 36 images/sec 59.9 images/sec
HDR 54.4 Mpixels/sec 85.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 5.62 images/sec 10.1 images/sec
Photo processing 14.8 images/sec 22.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.69 Mpixels/sec 3.74 Mpixels/sec
Samples 15 tests 18 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Kirin 980 +182%
3657
Background blur 2.03 images/sec 5.49 images/sec
Face detection 0.84 images/sec 3.47 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.28 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 4.07 Gpixels/sec 12.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 230.7 FPS 485.7 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 10 tests 11 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Kirin 980 +101%
675
Score 336 675
Stability 99% 48%
Graphics test 2 FPS 4 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
8939
8701
Web score 7730 7820
Video editing score 6240 5774
Data manipulation score 7769 7472
Photo editing score 15572 14221
Writing score 9698 10928
Phones tested 4 models 6 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 46 FPS
[Ultra]
56 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 36 FPS
[Ultra]
39 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 38 FPS
[Low]
28 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 63 FPS
[Low]
51 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 61 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 34 FPS
[Medium]
-
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
1080 x 2400
Huawei Nova 5T
1080 x 2340
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (zzkyand__)AnTuTu 11548347
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (jksalcedo)AnTuTu 11527475
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-31 (M1sTiX)AnTuTu 11575576
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproGeekbench 6 CPU752 / 1819
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproCPU Throttle91%
HiSilicon Kirin 980
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Adiit)Geekbench 6 GPU4204
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-01 (KiΓͺn 🐜)AnTuTu 11738484
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (Mrhuh)AnTuTu 11752693
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Ha0ntslo)AnTuTu 11732904
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-29 (Chakwawkun)AnTuTu 11730138

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 732G and Kirin 980

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2300 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache - 4 MB
Process 8 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 6.9 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 618 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU frequency 800 MHz 720 MHz
Pipelines 2 10
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 256 240
FLOPS 409.6 Gigaflops 345.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 688 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 3360 x 1440 3120 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
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 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced August 2020 August 2018
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7150-AC -
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G official site HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site
Successor - - HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

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