HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Google Tensor
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
Frequency
2600 MHz
2800 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
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L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
7 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
6.9
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TDP
6 W
5.6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Mali-G78 MP20
GPU frequency
720 MHz
848 MHz
Execution units
10
20
Shading units
36
64
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Tensor Processing Unit
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 7350 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Aug 2018
Oct 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
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S5E9845
AI
NPU
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Tensor Processing Unit
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
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Geekbench 6
835
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Geekbench 6
2,132
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FP32 (float)
518
2,170
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.