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Snapdragon 778G vs Kirin 980

Snapdragon 778G
VS
Kirin 980
Snapdragon 778G
Kirin 980

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (with Adreno 642L 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (3)

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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
  • Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
  • Announced 2-years and 9-months later
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 9 score – 528K vs 488K
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 980
  • Higher GPU frequency (~47%)
  • Supports 24% higher memory bandwidth (31.78 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • 8% higher CPU clock speed (2600 vs 2400 MHz)
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Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 778G
vs
Kirin 980

AnTuTu 9

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 778G +8%
528823
Kirin 980
488011
CPU 139509 142989
GPU 164092 148351
Memory 98919 83790
UX 125614 108898
Total score 528823 488011
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GeekBench 5

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 778G +11%
777
Kirin 980
701
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 778G +14%
2840
Kirin 980
2491
Image compression 175.3 Mpixels/s 124.1 Mpixels/s
Face detection 25 images/s 20.4 images/s
Speech recognition 41 words/s 47.9 words/s
Machine learning 36.7 images/s 49.9 images/s
Camera shooting 34.6 images/s 23.3 images/s
HTML 5 3.03 Mnodes/s 2.4 Mnodes/s
SQLite 988.8 Krows/s 655 Krows/s

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Snapdragon 778G
2463
Kirin 980 +1%
2489
Stability 98% 48%
Graphics test 14 FPS 14 FPS
Score 2463 2489

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 59 FPS
[High]		 56 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 42 FPS
[Ultra]		 39 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Low]		 28 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 49 FPS
[Ultra]		 51 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 94 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 53 FPS
[High]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Oppo Realme GT Master Edition
1080 x 2400		 Huawei Nova 5T
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 778G and Kirin 980

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 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 2400 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 512 KB
L3 cache - 4 MB
Process 6 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 6.9 billion
TDP 5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 642L Mali G76 MP10
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost
GPU frequency 490 MHz 720 MHz
Execution units 2 10
Shading units 384 160
FLOPS - 691 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
OpenCL version 2.0 1.2
DirectX version 12 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 31.78 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Yes
Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3120 x 1440
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
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 X53 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 210 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS

Info

Announced May 2021 August 2018
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7325 -
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site

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Comments

Please give your opinion on the comparison of Kirin 980 and Snapdragon 778G, or ask any questions
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Fernando 02 November 2021 04:07
Despite Kirin 980 being a 3 yo SoC it still outperforms and gives competition to recent 2021 SoCs such as the 7XX snapdragon series, for the price tag of Kirin 980 devics (mate 20, p30, nova 5t, honor 20) they are cheaper than the Nova 9 (778g) and most 7XX devices, of course you won't get features such as 5G support, newer android versions and support but from the rest these devices are still so good till this day.
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Algeria 06 October 2021 03:15
The huawei p30 pro have kirin 980 The huawei nova 9 have Snapdragon 778 5G That really hard to choose
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Kane 20 August 2021 11:34
Nova 5T released 2 years ago this month and was half the price of today's midrangers, while it can still compete in almost ever way from performance, camera quality to battery life. I wish Huawei still had google because it was nearly topping at the path to be untouchable, but I wouldn't call them dead with Harmony OS and new chip production in range.
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