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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform (or SD845) is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in early 2018 and manufactured in 10 nm LPP FinFET at TSMC. Integrates 4x Kryo 385 cores (Cortex-A75) at up to 2.8 GHz (max) for performance and 4x Kryo 385 at 1.8 GHz (max) for efficiency. Furthermore offers an X20 LTE modem (Cat. 18 1.2 Gbps downlink, Cat 13 150 Mbps uplink), ac-WiFi and a dual-channel 32-Bit 1866 MHz LPDDR4x memory controller.

HiSilicon Kirin 980

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The HiSilicon Kirin 980 is an ARM based high-end octa-core SoC for smartphones and tablets, which was introduced with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro in late 2018. It integrates eight CPU cores in three clusters. The performance cluster contains two Cortex-A76 cores with up to 2.6 GHz, the balanced cluster contains also two Cortex-A76 cores but with only up to 1.92 GHz and finally the power saving cluster contains four small ARM Cortex-A53 cores with up to 1.8 GHz. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a modern LTE radio with Cat 21/18 (max. 1400 Mbps download, 200 Mbps upload), 2x faster dual ISP (versus 970), a LPDDR4X 2133 MHz memory controller (34.1 GB/s versus 29.9 GB/s of the Kirin 970) and a 2160p30 H.265 video encoder (2160p60 decoding). The Kirin 980 is produced in the modern 7nm process at TSMC as the first Android SoC (after the Apple A12).

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 845HiSilicon Kirin 980
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonHiSilicon
CodenameCortex-A75 / A55 (Kryo 385)Cortex-A76/-A55
Series: Cortex-A76/-A55
Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 compare2.75 - 2.96 GHz8 / 8 cores2 MB L3 Cortex-A75 / A55 (Kryo 385)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 « 2.8 GHz8 / 8 cores2 MB L3 Cortex-A75 / A55 (Kryo 385)
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G compare - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 compare - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820 compare1.84 - 2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820e compare1.84 - 2.22 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 810 compare1.88 - 2.27 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 980 « - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
Clock2800 MHz <=2600 MHz
L3 Cache2 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Technology10 nm7 nm
FeaturesX20 LTE Modem, Adreno 630 GPUARM Mali-G76 GPU, 2x Cortex-A76 (2.6 GHz) + 2x Cortex-A76 (1.92) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x LTE Dual-SIM (1.4 Gbps down Cat21)
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 630ARM Mali-G76 MP10 ( - 720 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com
Transistors6900 Million

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - SD 845
0.7 pt (55%)
Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Kirin 980
0.9 pt (71%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
466 Points (20%)
min: 706     avg: 707     median: 707 (30%)     max: 708 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
2012 Points (4%)
min: 2553     avg: 2558     median: 2558 (5%)     max: 2563 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
501 Points (2%)
min: 685     avg: 696     median: 695.5 (3%)     max: 707 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
1986 Points (6%)
min: 2347     avg: 2474     median: 2500 (8%)     max: 2549 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2490     avg: 2506     median: 2505.5 (34%)     max: 2521 Points
min: 3563     avg: 3601     median: 3601 (49%)     max: 3639 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8164     avg: 8174     median: 8174 (20%)     max: 8184 Points
min: 9577     avg: 9735     median: 9734.5 (24%)     max: 9892 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8291     avg: 8296     median: 8296 (13%)     max: 8301 Points
min: 8473     avg: 8680     median: 8679.5 (14%)     max: 8886 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2360     avg: 2379     median: 2378.5 (36%)     max: 2397 Points
min: 2922     avg: 2994     median: 2994 (45%)     max: 3066 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 4106     avg: 4114     median: 4114 (33%)     max: 4122 Points
min: 1576     avg: 2232     median: 2231.5 (18%)     max: 2887 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 3970     avg: 4154     median: 4153.5 (38%)     max: 4337 Points
min: 2969     avg: 5181     median: 5180.5 (47%)     max: 7392 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 19254     avg: 19347     median: 19346.5 (38%)     max: 19439 Points
min: 15206     avg: 16273     median: 16273 (32%)     max: 17340 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 8052     avg: 8077     median: 8077 (16%)     max: 8102 Points
min: 7157     avg: 7523     median: 7523 (15%)     max: 7889 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 10836     avg: 10840     median: 10839.5 (28%)     max: 10843 Points
min: 8578     avg: 9588     median: 9587.5 (25%)     max: 10597 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2154     avg: 2905     median: 2384.5 (3%)     max: 11204 ms
min: 1948     avg: 2176     median: 2053.5 (2%)     max: 3098 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 SD 845 +
451 ms (5%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 3991     avg: 15153     median: 16369.5 (15%)     max: 18275 Points
min: 20618     avg: 21733     median: 21603.5 (19%)     max: 23285 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 19     avg: 90.2     median: 97 (20%)     max: 103 Points
min: 86     avg: 105.1     median: 99 (21%)     max: 124 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
46667 Points (39%)
min: 66660     avg: 67111     median: 67110.5 (56%)     max: 67561 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
44476 Points (36%)
min: 71845     avg: 71918     median: 71917.5 (58%)     max: 71990 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
111126 Points (20%)
min: 135337     avg: 137666     median: 137666 (25%)     max: 139995 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
82538 Points (30%)
min: 136978     avg: 137360     median: 137360 (50%)     max: 137741 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
284807 Points (27%)
min: 410820     avg: 414054     median: 414054 (40%)     max: 417287 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 244130     avg: 244932     median: 244932 (32%)     max: 245734 Points
min: 246439     avg: 246733     median: 246733 (32%)     max: 247027 Points
min: 4919     avg: 7101     median: 7789 (41%)     max: 7905 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
676 Points (26%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 → 100% n=37

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 980 → 114% n=37

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