Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710
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CPU
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2342 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
12 nm
Transistor count
2
5.5
TDP
11 W
5 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L3 cache
—
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Mali-G51 MP4
GPU frequency
653 MHz
1000 MHz
Execution units
1
4
Shading units
256
16
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
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
No
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2340 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 40MP, 2x 24MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
4
Bluetooth
4.1
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Aug 2016
Jul 2018
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Hi6260
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
391
356
Geekbench 6
797
1,197
FP32 (float)
334
128
AnTuTu 10
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202,054
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.