Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 vs HiSilicon Kirin 950

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Comprehensive comparison data of benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 vs HiSilicon Kirin 950, speed testing of GPUs Mali-T880 MP4 and Adreno 506.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: Snapdragon 632 is octa-core (Kryo 260) and Kirin 950 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the specifications of the processors, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in special test applications like AnTuTu, Vellamo, Mozilla Kraken, Neocore, Quadrant, GFXBench, Octane V2, WebXPRT 3, 3DMark, Geekbench, PassMark, PCMark, even the gaming performance of chips in Mortal Kombat, Fortnite, Sniper 3D, Minecraft Bedrock, PUBG, Call of Duty: Mobile, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Real Racing 3 etc.
   After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which SoCs is better to buy Snapdragon 632 or Kirin 950 and which chip is better for gaming: Need for Speed No Limits, Asphalt 9, Madout2, CSR Racing 2.

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

Snapdragon 632

Kirin 950

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

Snapdragon 632

59%

Kirin 950

48%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Snapdragon 632

Kirin 950

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Snapdragon 632	Kirin 950
Total score	93355	100285
CPU	26145	28073
GPU	35471	38102
MEM	14927	16044
UX	16804	18046

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Snapdragon 632	Kirin 950
Single-Core	241	265
Multi-Core	1087	902

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Snapdragon 632	Kirin 950
Frequency	1800 MHz	2300 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	16 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	8x1.8 GHz Kryo 260	4x2.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	7 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)	LPDDR4x
Max. Memory	6 Gb	4 Gb
Memory Frequency	1866	1600
Memory bandwidth	7.46	25.6
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache
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 21% better than Snapdragon 632 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Adreno 506	Mali-T880 MP4
GPU Frequency	650 MHz	900 MHz
GFloPS	130	122.31
# of Cores		4
# of Shader Units	96
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)	18.6	22.3
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	33.2	38.7
Call of Duty: Mobile	20.7	25.5
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	15.8	19.1
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	19.2	24.3
Real Racing 3	41.5	48.4
Sniper 3D	43.2	61.9
Need for Speed No Limits	39.8	54.2
Mortal Kombat X	43.2	61.9
CSR Racing 2	39.8	42.6

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

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Qualcomm Snapdragon X12 LTE modem
Download speed	600 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	50 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou, QZSS, SBAS	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 is better: 13
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 950 is better: 21
You need to understand that you should not blindly trust the automatic comparison on the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and hear what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both processors Snapdragon 632 and Kirin 950, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Snapdragon 632 SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 632 specs and review.

Kirin 950 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 950 specs and review.