Tiger T610 vs Kirin 980
We compared two 8-core processors: Unisoc Tiger T610 (with Mali-G52 MP2 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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 980
- Performs 5.9x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.3x) AnTuTu 11 score β 736K vs 320K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 12 nm)
- 43% higher CPU clock speed (2600 vs 1820 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~17%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 131837 | 322481 |
| GPU | 36139 | 107109 |
| Memory | 60405 | 146249 |
| UX | 92586 | 160916 |
| Total score | 320967 | 736755 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [37 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 72.2 MB/sec | 128.6 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 36.6 pages/sec | 75 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 49.3 Mpixels/sec | 97.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 22.6 images/sec | 59.9 images/sec |
| HDR | 40.5 Mpixels/sec | 85.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 3.17 images/sec | 10.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 10.8 images/sec | 22.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.01 Mpixels/sec | 3.74 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 7 tests | 18 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 1.27 images/sec | 5.49 images/sec |
| Face detection | 0.78 images/sec | 3.47 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.07 Gpixels/sec | 0.28 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 2.21 Gpixels/sec | 12.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 86.9 FPS | 485.7 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | - | 11 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 675 |
| Stability | - | 48% |
| Graphics test | - | 4 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7411 | 7820 |
| Video editing score | 5473 | 5774 |
| Data manipulation score | 6367 | 7472 |
| Photo editing score | 15474 | 14221 |
| Writing score | 8537 | 10928 |
| Phones tested | - | 6 models |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 28 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Huawei Nova 5T 1080 x 2340 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
Unisoc Tiger T610
No benchmark results yet
HiSilicon Kirin 980
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-06 (Absolute_subzero) | AnTuTu 12 | 903849 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Adiit) | AnTuTu 12 | 919298 |
| π 2026-09-26 -> DUYNG | AnTuTu 12 | 910146 |
| π 2026-09-24 (DUYNG) | AnTuTu 12 | 901546 |
| π 2026-09-19 (Techdude98) | AnTuTu 12 | 803419 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Tiger T610 and Kirin 980CPU
| Architecture | 2x 1.82 GHz β Cortex-A75 6x 1.82 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.6 GHz β Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz β Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1820 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 12 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 6.9 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G52 MP2 | Mali-G76 MP10 |
| Architecture | Bifrost 2nd gen | Bifrost 3rd gen |
| GPU frequency | 614 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 10 |
| Shading units | 24 | 24 |
| Total shaders | 48 | 240 |
| FLOPS | 58.9 Gigaflops | 345.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1600 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2160 x 1080 | 3120 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 1400 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | June 2019 | August 2018 |
| Class | Low end | Flagship |
| Official page | - | HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site |
| Successor | - Unisoc Tiger T612 | - HiSilicon Kirin 9000S |
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