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Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Kirin 980

Snapdragon 855 Plus
VS
Kirin 980
Snapdragon 855 Plus
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.

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

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 855 Plus
  • Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
  • Performs 50% better in floating-point computations
  • Announced 11-months later
  • 14% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Supports 7% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 31.78 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 13%) AnTuTu 9 score – 539K vs 479K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 980
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 855 Plus
  • Higher GPU frequency (~7%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 855 Plus
vs
Kirin 980

AnTuTu 9

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 855 Plus +13%
539859
Kirin 980
479142
CPU 145111 140916
GPU 196241 143456
Memory 78336 83772
UX 123495 115457
Total score 539859 479142
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GeekBench 5

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression 133.6 Mpixels/s 123.8 Mpixels/s
Face detection 22.55 images/s 20.4 images/s
Speech recognition 40.85 words/s 47.2 words/s
Machine learning 43.9 images/s 47.4 images/s
Camera shooting 23.1 images/s 23.2 images/s
HTML 5 2.95 Mnodes/s 2.39 Mnodes/s
SQLite 743.3 Krows/s 655 Krows/s

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 97% 48%
Graphics test 14 FPS 14 FPS
Score 2364 2489

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 39 FPS
[Ultra]		 56 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 39 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 29 FPS
[Medium]		 28 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 53 FPS
[Ultra]		 51 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 39 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Realme X3 Superzoom
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 855 Plus and Kirin 980

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
TDP 10 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Mali G76 MP10
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost
GPU frequency 675 MHz 720 MHz
Execution units 2 10
Shading units 384 160
FLOPS 1036 Gigaflops 691 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 192MP, 2x 22MP 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 5.0 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

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?
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Total votes: 341

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Comments

Please give your opinion on the comparison of Kirin 980 and Snapdragon 855 Plus, or ask any questions
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SlïmShady 17 June 2022 18:18
I've got a Xiaomi Pad 5 and a Huawei P30 Pro. I loved Huawei and would still buy their Products if Trump wouldn't have ruined them... I don't really like the Pad 5, especially for what they did to the OS. But it's a lot faster than my phone. Snapdragon is the clear winner here, but you can be sure, that Huawei would be the overall Number 1 worldwide right now.
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