HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
Frequency
2600 MHz
3300 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
0
Process
7 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
6.9
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Adreno 750
GPU frequency
720 MHz
903 MHz
Execution units
10
2
Shading units
36
1536
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12.1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
77 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
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. 21
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Aug 2018
Oct 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Official page
Model number
-
SM8650-AB

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
583,410
2,079,542
Geekbench 6
835
2,181
Geekbench 6
2,132
7,250
FP32 (float)
518
4,730