Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Kirin 990 (5G)
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (with Adreno 640 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) (Mali G76 MP16). 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 16% better in floating-point computations
- Supports 7% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 31.78 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
- Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
- Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 8 score – 507K vs 488K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 149898 | 154284 |
| GPU | 192313 | 174684 |
| Memory | 92546 | 100370 |
| UX | 55253 | 70979 |
| Total score | 488760 | 507926 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 133.6 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 22.55 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 40.85 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 43.9 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 23.1 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 2.95 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 743.3 Krows/s | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
44 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 29 FPS [Medium] |
30 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 53 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Realme X3 Superzoom 1080 x 2400 |
Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus 1200 x 2640 |
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 990 (5G)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 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2960 MHz | 2860 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 6.7 billion | 8 billion |
| TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 640 | Mali G76 MP16 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 627 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 16 |
| Shading units | 384 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 1036 Gigaflops | 896 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 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 | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Da Vinci |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 24MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VC-1 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X24 LTE, X50 5G | Balong 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2000 Mbps | Up to 2300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 1250 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | July 2019 | October 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8150-AC | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus official site | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) official site |
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