Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
2150 MHz
2600 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
2
6.9
TDP
11 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU frequency
624 MHz
720 MHz
Execution units
1
10
Shading units
256
36
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3120 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 21
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Nov 2015
Aug 2018
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
260,148
583,410
Geekbench 6
323
835
Geekbench 6
827
2,132
FP32 (float)
319
518
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.