Snapdragon 860 vs Kirin 980
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (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 860
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
- Performs 50% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 9 score – 569K vs 488K
- Announced 7-months later
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2600 MHz)
- Supports 7% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 31.78 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 980
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 860
- Higher GPU frequency (~7%)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 147657 | 142989 |
| GPU | 207179 | 148351 |
| Memory | 100644 | 83790 |
| UX | 111058 | 108898 |
| Total score | 569104 | 488011 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 142.1 Mpixels/s | 124.1 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 19.9 images/s | 20.4 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 45.1 words/s | 47.9 words/s |
| Machine learning | 44.8 images/s | 49.9 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 22.6 images/s | 23.3 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.67 Mnodes/s | 2.4 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 774 Krows/s | 655 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 97% | 48% |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Score | 3456 | 2489 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
56 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 54 FPS [Ultra] |
39 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 26 FPS [Low] |
28 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
51 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 98 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro 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 860 and Kirin 980CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 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 |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 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 | 1037 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 | 34.13 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 3.1 | 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 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS |
Info
| Announced | April 2019 | August 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8150-AC | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site |
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