Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which processor or chip is better? Detailed data of benchmarks and speed tests Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710, compare of GPUs Mali-G71 MP4 and Adreno 510.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Kirin 710 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A73). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A careful review of all the technical characteristics of the chips, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which processors is better to buy Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 or Kirin 710 and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Asphalt 9, Madout2, 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

Snapdragon 652 MSM8976

Kirin 710

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

Snapdragon 652 MSM8976

25%

Kirin 710

62%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Snapdragon 652 MSM8976

Kirin 710

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Snapdragon 652 MSM8976	Kirin 710
Total score	82688	127248
CPU	23162	35632
GPU	31412	48345
MEM	13222	20367
UX	14875	22895

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Snapdragon 652 MSM8976	Kirin 710
Single-Core	214	260
Multi-Core	963	1145

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Snapdragon 652 MSM8976	Kirin 710
Frequency	1800 MHz	2200 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	4x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 4x1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)		5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x (Dual Channel)	LPDDR3x
Max. Memory	4 Gb	6 Gb
Memory Frequency	1866	933
Memory bandwidth	14.9
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache		512 KB
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 710 is 18% better than Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Adreno 510	Mali-G71 MP4
GPU Frequency	600 MHz	950 MHz
GFloPS	176	169
# of Cores		4
# of Shader Units	128
Display	2560 x 1600 pixels	1920 x 1080 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		26.4
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	15.7	49.5
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	28.6	53.4
Call of Duty: Mobile	16.2	28.6
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	12.6	45.6
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	15.6	64.7
Real Racing 3	42.9	93.5
Sniper 3D	62.9	85.4
Need for Speed No Limits	40	64.1
Mortal Kombat X	45.8	77.4
CSR Racing 2	34.3	69.4

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	21 MP	16 MP
Dual Camera resolution		8 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	H.264

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Qualcomm Snapdragon X8 LTE modem
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	100 MBit/s.	150 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 is better: 10
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 710 is better: 26
You need to understand that you should not sightlessly trust the automatic comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel testing and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both SoCs think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 SoC - all data

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

• Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 specs and review.

Kirin 710 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 710 specs and review.