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
Smartphones
| Phones with Kirin 980 | AnTuTu v8 |
|---|---|
| 1. Huawei Nova 5 Pro | 413184 |
| 2. Huawei Mate X | 412744 |
| 3. Huawei P30 Pro | 388930 |
| 4. Huawei Mate 20 Pro | 378204 |
| 5. Huawei Honor 20 Pro | 377006 |
| 6. Huawei Honor View 20 | 375632 |
| 7. Huawei Honor 20 | 375632 |
| 8. Huawei P30 | 375151 |
| 9. Huawei Nova 5T | 365706 |
| 10. Huawei Mate 20 | 358833 |
Specifications
CPU
| 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 |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G76 MP10 |
| Architecture | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 720 MHz |
| Cores | 10 |
| 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 |
Comparison with competitors
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