HiSilicon Kirin 810 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A766x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2270 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
1792 KB
L2 cache
0
24 MB
Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.9
-
TDP
5 W
-
L3 cache
-
8 MB
Manufacturing
-
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G52 MP6
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
820 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
24
512
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
-
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
31.78 Gbit/s
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- 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. 12
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Jun 2019
Sep 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
Hi6280
SM8850
Official page
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AI

NPU
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Hexagon

📊 Benchmark

Geekbench 6
778
3,834
Geekbench 6
1,992
12,396
AnTuTu 10
-
3,115,282
FP32 (float)
-
3,686