HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Comprehensive comparison data of benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992, speed examination of GPUs Adreno 418 and Mali-G71 MP8.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 960 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 is gexa-core (ARM Cortex-A57). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics of the chips, so that it can be easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in software tests such as Quadrant, PassMark, 3DMark, Octane V2, Neocore, PCMark, Mozilla Kraken, AnTuTu, GeekBench 6, 5, WebXPRT 3, GFXBench, Vellamo, even the gaming performance of CPUs in Fortnite, Sniper 3D, Call of Duty: Mobile, PUBG, Mortal Kombat, Real Racing 3, Minecraft Bedrock, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra etc.
   After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processors is better to buy Kirin 960 or Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 and which chip is better for gaming: Madout2, Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits.

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 808 MSM8992

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

Kirin 960

50%

Snapdragon 808 MSM8992

38%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 960

Snapdragon 808 MSM8992

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 960	Snapdragon 808 MSM8992
Total score	95769	63981
CPU	26819	17918
GPU	36393	24320
MEM	15324	10236
UX	17247	11509

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 960	Snapdragon 808 MSM8992
Single-Core	247	165
Multi-Core	1115	745

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 960	Snapdragon 808 MSM8992
Frequency	2400 MHz	2000 MHz
Cores	8	6
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	20 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	2x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A57 4x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x	LPDDR3
Max. Memory	4 Gb	6 Gb
Memory Frequency	1600	933
Memory bandwidth	28.8	7
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB
L3 cache		1 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 Kirin 960 is 16% better than Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Kirin 960 has -2 more core than Snapdragon 808 MSM8992. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 418
GPU Frequency	1037 MHz	600 MHz
GFloPS	282	172.8
# 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	12.9
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	36.9	22.7
Call of Duty: Mobile	23.8	14.7
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	18.5	10.5
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	22.5	13.7
Real Racing 3	46.1	28.4
Sniper 3D	81.2	36.3
Need for Speed No Limits	51.7	31.8
Mortal Kombat X	59	36.3
CSR Racing 2	40.6	31.8

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	21 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

Networks and Navigation

Modem		Qualcomm Snapdragon X10 LTE modem
Download speed	600 MBit/s.	450 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	50 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: 31
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 is better: 4
Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the software comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel testing and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both chipsets Kirin 960 and Snapdragon 808 MSM8992, 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 808 MSM8992 SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 specs and review.