Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs HiSilicon Kirin 655
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2840MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs. 8 cores 2120MHz HiSilicon Kirin 655 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.8985 TFLOPS vs 0.0576 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (2840MHz vs 2120MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 16nm)
Released 2 years late
HiSilicon Kirin 655 Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 6W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
+396%
939
HiSilicon Kirin 655
189
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
+311%
2855
HiSilicon Kirin 655
694
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
+1475%
898
HiSilicon Kirin 655
57
CPU
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Architecture
4x 2.12 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
2840 MHz
Frequency
2120 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
1 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
7 nm
Process
16 nm
6.7
Transistor count
4
6 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
Graphics
Adreno 640
GPU name
Mali-T830 MP2
585 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
2
Execution units
2
384
Shading units
16
16
Max size
4
0.8985 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0576 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.0
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
12.1
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR3
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
933 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 32 Bit
34.13 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon 690
Neural processor (NPU)
No
UFS 3.0
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
X24 LTE, X50 5G
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 20
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 1240 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 50 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
4
5.0
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Info
Dec 2018
Announced
Dec 2016
Flagship
Class
Mid range
SM8150
Model number
-
