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Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980 benchmark which processor is better

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   So, which chip or processor is better? Detailed comparison data of benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980, speed examination of GPUs Adreno 612 and Mali-G76 MP18.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Snapdragon 678 is octa-core (Kryo 460) and Kirin 980 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A76). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications of the SoCs, so that it can be easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in software tests like Neocore, GeekBench 6, 5, PassMark, PCMark, Octane V2, WebXPRT 3, Vellamo, Mozilla Kraken, GFXBench, 3DMark, Quadrant, AnTuTu, and how good the chipsets are in games Call of Duty: Mobile, Fortnite, PUBG, Real Racing 3, Mortal Kombat, Sniper 3D, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Minecraft Bedrock etc.
   After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy Snapdragon 678 or Kirin 980 and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Asphalt 9, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2.

 
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
HiSilicon Kirin 980

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 67815% Kirin 98025%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)
Snapdragon 67864% Kirin 98071%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming
Snapdragon 67812% Kirin 98022%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed
Snapdragon 678 Kirin 980
Total score216174354810
CPU6053399354
GPU82148134833
MEM3458956759
UX3891163863

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance
Snapdragon 678 Kirin 980
Single-Core348765
Multi-Core12072602

Comparison of specifications
CPU and Memory
Snapdragon 678 Kirin 980
Frequency2000 MHz2600 MHz
Cores88
Bit6464
Lithography11 nm7 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration8x2.0 GHz Kryo 4602x2.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
2x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Power consumption (TDP)6 W6 W
Memory typeLPDDR4x (Dual Channel)LPDDR4x
Max. Memory8 Gb8 Gb
Memory Frequency18661600
Memory bandwidth14.931.78
Neural Processor (NPU)NoNo
L1 cache16 KB512 KB
L2 cache256 KB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)ARMv8-AARMv8-A
In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Kirin 980 is 23% better than Snapdragon 678 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media
GPUAdreno 612Mali-G76 MP18
GPU Frequency700 MHz950 MHz
GFloPS398581.14
# of Cores18
# of Shader Units256
Display1080 x 2520 pixels2560 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 Mobile20.427.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)41.254.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra46.658.2
Call of Duty: Mobile36.840.1
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)35.746.2
Minecraft: Pocket Edition50.874.3
Real Racing 381.687.3
Sniper 3D60.693.1
Need for Speed No Limits83.993.1
Mortal Kombat X74.666.9
CSR Racing 265.269.8
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 resolution25 MP32 MP
Dual Camera resolution16 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)Qualcomm Spectra 160
Video Encoding FPS3060
Video Encoding resolution4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD4K, 2K, FullHD
Codec supportH.264/AVC, H.265/HEVCH.264, H.265/HEVC


Networks and Navigation
ModemQualcomm Snapdragon X12 LTE modem21
Download speed600 MBit/s.1400 MBit/s.
Upload speed150 MBit/s.900 MBit/s.
NavigationGalileo, GLONASS, SBAS, GPS, Beidou, QZSSGPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC supportNoNo
5G supportYesNo


Result:
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 is better: 7
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 980 is better: 31
   You need to know that you should not sightlessly trust the automatic comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both chips think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.
Snapdragon 678 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu v10
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
Kirin 980 SoC - all data

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


Snapdragon 678 SoC Comparisons
• Vs MediaTek Helio G85
• Vs Samsung Exynos 980
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T7520
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T7510
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 810
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T710
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
• Vs MediaTek Helio G90T
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845
• Vs MediaTek Helio G90
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
• Vs MediaTek Helio G95
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9 9820
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 800
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9825
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 820
• Vs Apple A12 Bionic
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 985
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 600 5G
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9810
• Vs MediaTek Helio G80
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T618
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
• Vs Samsung Exynos 880
• Vs MediaTek Helio G70
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T610
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 675
• Vs MediaTek Helio P95
• Vs MediaTek Helio P65 (MT6768)
• Vs MediaTek Helio P90
• Vs MediaTek Helio P60
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 970
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9610
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9611
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
• Vs MediaTek Helio P70
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro
• Vs Samsung Exynos 9609
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
• Vs MediaTek Helio X30 (MT6799)
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 700
• Vs HiSilicon KIRIN 820E 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
• Vs MediaTek Helio G88
• Vs Unisoc T740 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T760 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T770 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T616
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T612
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 500
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
• Vs Qualcomm QCS8250
• Vs Qualcomm QCS4290
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2


Kirin 980 SoC Comparisons
• Vs Snapdragon 875
• Vs Snapdragon 750G
• Vs A13 Bionic
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T710
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000C
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 600 5G
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 990E
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
• Vs Samsung Exynos 2100
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
• Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1080
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• Vs Apple A14 Bionic
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 800U
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000L
• Vs Samsung Exynos 990
• Vs Apple A12 Bionic
• Vs Apple A12X Bionic
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
• Vs Samsung Exynos 2000
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1100
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 700
• Vs HiSilicon KIRIN 820E 5G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 775G
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 900
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
• Vs MediaTek Helio G88
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
• Vs Unisoc T740 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T760 Tanggula
• Vs Unisoc T770 Tanggula
• Vs Mediatek Dimensity 810
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 900T
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1280
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000L
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1050
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 930
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 800T
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 820
• Vs MediaTek Kompanio 828
• Vs MediaTek Helio G99
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000-Max
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdargon 782G
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200
• Vs Qualcomm QCM6490
• Vs Qualcomm QCS8250
• Vs Qualcomm QCS7230
• Vs Qualcomm QCS6490
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1330
• Vs Samsung Exynos 1380
• Vs Apple A17 Bionic
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6020
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020
• Vs MediaTek MT8188J
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T820
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6080
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
• Vs Unisoc Tiger T760
• Vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
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