Snapdragon 888 vs Kirin 990 (5G)
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (with Adreno 660 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 888
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Kirin
- Performs 92% better in floating-point computations
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Shows better (up to 38%) AnTuTu 9 score – 809K vs 587K
- Announced 1-year and 2-months later
- Higher GPU frequency (~20%)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 211249 | 163809 |
| GPU | 304417 | 182647 |
| Memory | 139986 | 116265 |
| UX | 152836 | 119828 |
| Total score | 809833 | 587960 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 177.1 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 26.5 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 67.7 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 59.9 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 37.5 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 3.96 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 1060 Krows/s | - |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 91% | 55% |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Score | 5107 | 3286 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 83 FPS [Ultra] |
58 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
44 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 26 FPS [Ultra] |
30 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 89 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 112 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Asus Zenfone 8 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 888 and Kirin 990 (5G)CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2840 MHz | 2860 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8 billion |
| TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 660 | Mali G76 MP16 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 840 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 16 |
| Shading units | 512 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 1720 Gigaflops | 896 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Da Vinci |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 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 | X60 | Balong 5000 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 2300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 1250 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
Info
| Announced | December 2020 | October 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8350 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) official site |
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