HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2600 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
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Process
7 nm
16 nm
Transistor count
6.9
4
TDP
6 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Mali-G71 MP8
GPU frequency
720 MHz
1037 MHz
Execution units
10
8
Shading units
36
16
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
11.3
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1600 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
28.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
No
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
2560 x 1600
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
278,916
Geekbench 6
835
408
Geekbench 6
2,132
1,385
FP32 (float)
518
265