HiSilicon Kirin 820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A763x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2360 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
7 nm
14 nm
TDP
5 W
11 W
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2
Manufacturing
-
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G57 MP6
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
850 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
6
1
Shading units
64
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
31.78 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.1
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Mar 2020
Aug 2016
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
-
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Official page
-

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
498,005
-
FP32 (float)
652
334
Geekbench 6
-
391
Geekbench 6
-
797