Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4610 MHz
2860 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Transistor count
-
8
TDP
-
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Mali-G76 MP16
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
600 MHz
Shading units
512
36
Execution units
-
16
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
2133 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
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Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VC-1
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Da Vinci
Max display resolution
-
3360 x 1440
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Download speed
-
Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 1250 Mbps
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
665,287
Geekbench 6
3,834
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Geekbench 6
12,396
-
FP32 (float)
3,686
691