HiSilicon Kirin 980
- GPU: Mali-G76 MP10
- Cores: 8
- Clock: 2600 MHz
HiSilicon Kirin 980 – an 8-core chipset that was announced on August 31, 2018, and is manufactured using a 7-nanometer process technology. It has 2 cores Cortex-A76 at 2600 MHz, 2 cores Cortex-A76 at 1920 MHz, and 4 cores Cortex-A55 at 1800 MHz.
Review
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 168638 |
| GPU | 174053 |
| Memory | 112884 |
| UX | 124838 |
| Total score | 584897 |
GeekBench 6
| Asset compression | 94.5 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 50.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 62.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 48 images/sec |
| HDR | 54.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 6.54 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 18.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.59 Mpixels/sec |
3DMark
| Stability | 48% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS |
| Score | 2490 |
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.
Promotion
Smartphones
| Phones with Kirin 980 | AnTuTu v10 |
|---|---|
| 1. Huawei Nova 5 Pro | - |
| 2. Huawei Mate X | - |
| 3. Honor 20 | 584897 |
| 4. Huawei Nova 5T | 543310 |
| 5. Honor View 20 | 539519 |
| 6. Honor 20 Pro | 535927 |
| 7. Huawei P30 Pro | 534549 |
| 8. Huawei P30 | 531952 |
| 9. Huawei Mate 20 X | 529029 |
| 10. Huawei Mate 20 Pro | 527813 |
Specifications
Detailed specifications of the Kirin 980 SoC with Mali-G76 MP10 graphicsCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 6.9 billion |
| TDP | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G76 MP10 |
| Architecture | Bifrost 3rd gen |
| GPU frequency | 720 MHz |
| Execution units | 10 |
| Shading units | 36 |
| Total shaders | 360 |
| FLOPS | 518.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3120 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1400 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | August 2018 |
| Class | Flagship |
| Official page | HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site |