HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
2360 MHz
1800 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
16 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
4
2
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G71 MP8
Adreno 509
GPU frequency
1037 MHz
720 MHz
Execution units
8
1
Shading units
16
128
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11.3
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1600 MHz
1333 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
28.8 Gbit/s
5.3 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
No
Hexagon 680
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
1900 x 1200
Max camera resolution
2x 16MP
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
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. 13
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
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Oct 2016
Oct 2017
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
Hi3660
SDM636
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
278,916
220,696
Geekbench 6
408
295
Geekbench 6
1,385
1,088
FP32 (float)
265
184