HiSilicon Kirin 980
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.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 134572 |
| GPU | 135339 |
| Memory | 65549 |
| UX | 67634 |
| Total score | 406938 |
GeekBench 5
| Image compression | 123.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 20.4 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 47.2 words/s |
| Machine learning | 47.4 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 23.2 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 2.39 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 655 Krows/s |
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.
Smartphones
| Phones with Kirin 980 | AnTuTu v8 |
|---|---|
| 1. Huawei Mate X | 428336 |
| 2. Huawei Nova 5 Pro | 416955 |
| 3. Huawei Mate 20 X | 411450 |
| 4. Huawei Honor 20 Pro | 407190 |
| 5. Huawei P30 Pro | 403550 |
| 6. Huawei Mate 20 Pro | 384378 |
| 7. Huawei P30 | 382879 |
| 8. Huawei Honor 20 | 377494 |
| 9. Huawei Honor View 20 | 377494 |
| 10. Huawei Nova 5T | 368863 |
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-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 6.9 billion |
| TDP | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G76 MP10 |
| Architecture | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 720 MHz |
| Execution units | 10 |
| Shading units | 160 |
| FLOPS | 691 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 31.78 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes |
| Storage type | 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 60FPS |
| 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 |
Info
| Announced | August 2018 |
| Class | Flagship |
| Official page | HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site |