Snapdragon 845 vs Kirin 710
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (with Adreno 630 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 710 (Mali-G51 MP4). 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 845
- Performs 3.2x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 9 score – 401K vs 195K
- Has 1 MB larger L3 cache size than the Kirin 710
- 27% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2200 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (10 versus 12 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~9%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 710
- Announced 8-months later
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 102331 | 70901 |
| GPU | 154456 | 33222 |
| Memory | 57724 | 33714 |
| UX | 87647 | 57642 |
| Total score | 401302 | 195423 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 124.7 Mpixels/s | 83.9 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 20.4 images/s | 11.7 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 33.6 words/s | 24.3 words/s |
| Machine learning | 35.3 images/s | 17.4 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 19.8 images/s | 9.52 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 2.62 Mnodes/s | 1.74 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 667.1 Krows/s | 470.7 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 81% | 84% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Score | 1437 | 554 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 53 FPS [Ultra] |
51 FPS [Medium] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 55 FPS [High] |
29 FPS [Low] |
| Fortnite | 28 FPS [Ultra] |
25 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 48 FPS [High] |
56 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
52 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Pocophone F1 1080 x 2246 |
Huawei Honor 10 Lite 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 845 and Kirin 710CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2800 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 5.5 billion |
| TDP | 9 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 630 | Mali-G51 MP4 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 727 Gigaflops | 225 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 | No |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2340 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X20 LTE | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | December 2017 | July 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM845 | Hi6260 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 710 official site |
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