HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2200 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
1792 KB
L2 cache
0
24 MB
L3 cache
0
8 MB
Process
12 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
5.5
-
TDP
5 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G51 MP4
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
1000 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
4
-
Shading units
16
512
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
-
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
No
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2340 x 1080
-
Max camera resolution
1x 40MP, 2x 24MP
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, VP8, 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. 12
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
4
7
Bluetooth
4.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Jul 2018
Sep 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
Hi6260
SM8850
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Hexagon

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
202,054
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
356
3,834
Geekbench 6
1,197
12,396
FP32 (float)
128
3,686