HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2600 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
1792 KB
L2 cache
0
24 MB
L3 cache
0
8 MB
Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.9
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
720 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
10
-
Shading units
36
512
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
-
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
-
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 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
-
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
AI
NPU
-
Hexagon
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
835
3,834
Geekbench 6
2,132
12,396
FP32 (float)
518
3,686