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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 vs HiSilicon Kirin 820

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2000MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 vs. 8 cores 2360MHz HiSilicon Kirin 820 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

HiSilicon Kirin 820 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.6528 TFLOPS vs 0.1248 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (31.78GB/s vs 7.46GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2360MHz vs 2000MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Released 4 years and 1 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
156131
HiSilicon Kirin 820 +218%
498005
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
124
HiSilicon Kirin 820 +425%
652

CPU

8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
2000 MHz
Frequency
2360 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
14 nm
Process
7 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
5 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
-

Graphics

Adreno 506
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP6
650 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
1
Execution units
6
96
Shading units
64
8
Max size
12
0.1248 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.6528 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12

Memory

LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR4X
933 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1x 32 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
7.46 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
31.78 Gbit/s

AI

Hexagon 546
NPU
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Hexagon 546
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
UFS 2.1
1900 x 1200
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
X9
Modem
Balong 5000

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.1
Bluetooth
5.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Info

Feb 2016
Announced
Mar 2020
Mid range
Class
Mid range
MSM8953
Model number
-
Official page
-
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