HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Frequency
2600 MHz
3000 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
—
L2 cache
0
1 MB
L3 cache
0
8 MB
Process
7 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
6.9
—
TDP
6 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Adreno 735
GPU frequency
720 MHz
1100 MHz
Execution units
10
2
Shading units
36
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
67.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 6500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Aug 2018
Mar 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
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SM8635
AI
NPU
—
Hexagon
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
1,490,645
Geekbench 6
835
2,019
Geekbench 6
2,132
5,570
FP32 (float)
518
1,689
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.