HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 benchmark which processor is better

Kirin 950 vs Snapdragon 630

Comparisons 11-03-2021

So, which processor or chip is better? Full data of speed tests and benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 950 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 630, compare of GPUs Adreno 508 and Mali-T880 MP4.

This performance comparison includes two processors: Kirin 950 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Snapdragon 630 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.

From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in synthetic type tests like Vellamo, Geekbench, PassMark, Quadrant, 3DMark, Neocore, AnTuTu 8, Mozilla Kraken, GFXBench, PCMark, WebXPRT 3, Octane V2, and how good the chips are in games Fortnite, Real Racing 3, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D, PUBG, Mortal Kombat, Minecraft Bedrock, Call of Duty: Mobile etc.

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which chip is better to buy Kirin 950 or Snapdragon 630 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 950

Snapdragon 630

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

Kirin 950

48%

Snapdragon 630

56%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 950

Snapdragon 630

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 950	Snapdragon 630
Total score	100285	66704
CPU	28073	18684
GPU	38102	25348
MEM	16044	10665
UX	18046	12001

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 950	Snapdragon 630
Single-Core	265	172
Multi-Core	902	776

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 950	Snapdragon 630
Frequency	2300 MHz	2200 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	14 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.3 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	25.6	10.66
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache
L2 cache		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 950 is 4% 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-T880 MP4	Adreno 508
GPU Frequency	900 MHz	850 MHz
GFloPS	122.31	170
# of Cores	4
# 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)	22.3	13.9
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	38.7	23.2
Call of Duty: Mobile	25.5	15.3
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	19.1	10.8
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	24.3	14.2
Real Racing 3	48.4	40.6
Sniper 3D	61.9	30.2
Need for Speed No Limits	54.2	32.5
Mortal Kombat X	61.9	33.6
CSR Racing 2	42.6	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	300 MBit/s.	600 MBit/s.
Upload speed	50 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 950 is better: 23
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 is better: 11
Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the software comparison of the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of joint comparison and listen to what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both SoCs think, as well as read the test results at the links below.

Kirin 950 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 950 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.