Product Compare
HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 | 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720 |
| Frequency | 2600 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | 2.75 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 | 8 MB |
| Process | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor count | 6.9 | |
| TDP | 6 W | |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Mali-G76 MP10 | Adreno 825 |
| GPU frequency | 720 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| Execution units | 10 | |
| Shading units | 36 | |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | |
| DirectX version | 12 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 76.8 Gbit/s |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3120 x 1440 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 21 | |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1400 Mbps | Up to 4200 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 | ||
| Announced | Aug 2018 | Apr 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | Official Link ↗ |
| Model number | SM8735 | |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Hexagon | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 583410 | 2186467 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 835 | 2159 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 2132 | 7227 |