HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2600MHz HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs. 8 cores 2630MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
HiSilicon Kirin 980 Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Advantages
Higher Frequency (2630MHz vs 2600MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)
Released 5 years and 3 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 980
583410
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
+48%
866863
CPU
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
2600 MHz
Frequency
2630 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
4 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
0
7 nm
Process
4 nm
6.9
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU name
Adreno 720
720 MHz
GPU frequency
-
10
Execution units
-
36
Shading units
-
8
Max size
16
0.5184 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
12
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
25.6 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
Yes
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
3120 x 1440
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Snapdragon X63
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 21
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 1400 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Up to 200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Aug 2018
Announced
Nov 2023
Flagship
Class
Mid range
-
Model number
SM7550-AB
