HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 630

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which chip or processor is better? Detailed data of speed tests and benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 630, comparison of GPUs Adreno 508 and Mali-G71 MP8.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 960 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Snapdragon 630 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.

From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in software tests such as Quadrant, AnTuTu 8, 3DMark, PassMark, Neocore, GFXBench, WebXPRT 3, Vellamo, GeekBench 6, 5, PCMark, Mozilla Kraken, Octane V2, even the gaming performance of chipsets in PUBG, Mortal Kombat, Fortnite, Real Racing 3, Call of Duty: Mobile, Minecraft Bedrock, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D etc.

After reading the results of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which chipset is better to buy Kirin 960 or Snapdragon 630 and which chip is better for gaming: Need for Speed No Limits, CSR Racing 2, Madout2, Asphalt 9.

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 960

Snapdragon 630

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

Kirin 960

50%

Snapdragon 630

56%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 960

Snapdragon 630

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 960	Snapdragon 630
Total score	95769	66704
CPU	26819	18684
GPU	36393	25348
MEM	15324	10665
UX	17247	12001

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 960	Snapdragon 630
Single-Core	247	172
Multi-Core	1115	776

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 960	Snapdragon 630
Frequency	2400 MHz	2200 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	4x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	6 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)
Max. Memory	4 Gb	8 Gb
Memory Frequency	1600	1866
Memory bandwidth	28.8	10.66
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB
L3 cache
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 Kirin 960 is 8% better than Snapdragon 630 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 508
GPU Frequency	1037 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	282	170
# of Cores	8
# of Shader Units		128
Display	2560 x 1600 pixels	2560 x 1600 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
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	21.1	13.9
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	36.9	23.2
Call of Duty: Mobile	23.8	15.3
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	18.5	10.8
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	22.5	14.2
Real Racing 3	46.1	40.6
Sniper 3D	81.2	30.2
Need for Speed No Limits	51.7	32.5
Mortal Kombat X	59	33.6
CSR Racing 2	40.6	32.5

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	20 MP	24 MP
Dual Camera resolution		13 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VP9, VP8

Networks and Navigation

Modem		Qualcomm Snapdragon X12 LTE modem
Download speed	600 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou, QZSS, SBAS
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 960 is better: 26
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 is better: 7
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the automatic comparison of the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel testing and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both processors Kirin 960 and Snapdragon 630, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 960 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 960 specs and review.

Snapdragon 630 SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 630 specs and review.