Product Compare
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz – | 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Frequency | 4610 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 1792 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 24 MB | 0 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 0 |
| Process | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Transistor count | 6.9 | |
| TDP | 6 W | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Adreno 840 | Mali-G76 MP10 |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Shading units | 512 | 36 |
| Execution units | 10 | |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | |
| DirectX version | 12 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Hexagon | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | |
| Max display resolution | 3120 x 1440 | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| Download speed | Up to 1400 Mbps | |
| Upload speed | Up to 200 Mbps | |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2025 | Aug 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8850 | |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 3115282 | 583410 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 3834 | 835 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 12396 | 2132 |
| FP32 (float) | 3686 | 518 |