HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Frequency
2600 MHz
4320 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.7-A
L1 cache
512 KB
—
L2 cache
0
24 MB
L3 cache
0
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Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.9
—
TDP
6 W
8 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Adreno 830
GPU frequency
720 MHz
1100 MHz
Execution units
10
—
Shading units
36
1536
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
DirectX version
12
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
5300 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
42.7 GB/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
3840 x 2540
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
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Up to 3500 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
Oct 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
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SM8750-AB
AI
NPU
—
Hexagon
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
583,410
3,070,269
Geekbench 6
835
3,234
Geekbench 6
2,132
10,059
FP32 (float)
518
3,379
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.