Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Kirin 980
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (with Adreno 640 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
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 855 Plus
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
- Performs 84% better in floating-point computations
- Announced 11 months later
- Shows better (up to 20%) AnTuTu 8 score – 469K vs 392K
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2600 MHz)
- Supports 7% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 31.78 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 980
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 855 Plus
- Higher GPU frequency (~15%)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 8
Specifications
CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2960 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 6.7 billion | 6.9 billion |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 640 | Mali G76 MP10 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 627 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Cores | - | 10 |
| Number of ALUs | 384 | - |
| FLOPS | 899 Gigaflops | 489 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 31.78 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3120 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 24MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 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 | X24 LTE, X50 5G | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 2000 Mbps | Up to 1400 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS |
Info
| Announced | July 2019 | August 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8150-AC | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus official site | HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site |
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