HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
2360 MHz
1800 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
Process
16 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
4
2
TDP
5 W
3 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G71 MP8
Adreno 506
GPU frequency
1037 MHz
600 MHz
Execution units
8
1
Shading units
16
96
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11.3
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
1600 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
28.8 Gbit/s
7.46 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
No
Hexagon 546
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution
2x 16MP
1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Oct 2016
Jun 2017
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
Hi3660
SDM450
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
278,916
153,310
Geekbench 6
408
169
Geekbench 6
1,385
763
FP32 (float)
265
115
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.