HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2360MHz HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs. 8 cores 3300MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (4.7308 TFLOPS vs 0.2655 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (77GB/s vs 28.8GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3300MHz vs 2360MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 16nm)
Released 7 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 960
278916
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+645%
2079542
Geekbench 6 Single Core
HiSilicon Kirin 960
408
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+434%
2181
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
HiSilicon Kirin 960
1385
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+423%
7250
FP32 (float)
HiSilicon Kirin 960
265
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+1684%
4730
CPU
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
2360 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
4 MB
L2 cache
-
-
L3 cache
0
16 nm
Process
4 nm
4
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G71 MP8
GPU name
Adreno 750
1037 MHz
GPU frequency
903 MHz
8
Execution units
2
16
Shading units
1536
4
Max size
24
0.2655 TFLOPS
FLOPS
4.7308 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
11.3
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1600 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
28.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
77 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
No
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
2560 x 1600
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Snapdragon X75
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 12
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
7
4.2
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Oct 2016
Announced
Oct 2023
Flagship
Class
Flagship
Hi3660
Model number
SM8650-AB
