HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2600 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
-
Process
7 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
6.9
2
TDP
6 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
720 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
10
1
Shading units
36
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
34.1 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3120 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, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
-
Geekbench 6
835
391
Geekbench 6
2,132
797
FP32 (float)
518
334