HiSilicon Kirin 620 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   So, which chip or processor is better? Full data of benchmarks and speed tests HiSilicon Kirin 620 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC, comparison of GPUs Adreno 330 and Mali-450 MP4.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: Kirin 620 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53) and Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC is quad-core (Krait 400). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in special test applications like GFXBench, 3DMark, Octane V2, Neocore, Vellamo, PassMark, Mozilla Kraken, Geekbench, AnTuTu 8, PCMark, WebXPRT 3, Quadrant, even the gaming performance of CPUs in Minecraft Bedrock, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D, Mortal Kombat, Call of Duty: Mobile, PUBG, Fortnite, Real Racing 3 etc.
   After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which processors is better to buy Kirin 620 or Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC and which chip is better for gaming: Need for Speed No Limits, Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2, Madout2.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Kirin 620

Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Kirin 620

24%

Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC

19%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 620

Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Kirin 620	Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC
Total score	33885	47809
CPU	9480	13387
GPU	12867	18163
MEM	5430	7650
UX	6089	8603

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Kirin 620	Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC
Single-Core	90	127
Multi-Core	414	584

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 620	Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC
Frequency	1200 MHz	2500 MHz
Cores	8	4
Bit	64	32
Lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	8x1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	4x2.5 GHz Krait 400
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	6 W
Memory type	LPDDR3x	LPDDR3
Max. Memory	4 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	800	800
Memory bandwidth	28	14.9
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC is 52% better than Kirin 620 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Kirin 620 has -4 more core than Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-450 MP4	Adreno 330
GPU Frequency	500 MHz	578 MHz
GFloPS	29.81	166.46
# of Cores	4
# of Shader Units		128
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	2560 x 2048 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile	11.9	15.5
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	28.4	39.9
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	19.1	26.6
Call of Duty: Mobile	17.4	23.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	23.5	33.3
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	35.4	50.6
Real Racing 3	38.2	33.3
Sniper 3D	24.8	34.6
Need for Speed No Limits	22.9	42.6
Mortal Kombat X	24.8	30.6
CSR Racing 2	24.8	31.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	13 MP	28 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)		Qualcomm Spectra
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC

Networks and Navigation

Modem		Qualcomm Snapdragon X4 LTE modem
Download speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Upload speed	50 MBit/s.	50 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 620 is better: 11
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC is better: 24
Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the automatic comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of joint comparison and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both CPUs Kirin 620 and Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 620 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu v10
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile

• Kirin 620 specs and review.

Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark

• Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC specs and review.