Comparisons 11-03-2021
Well, which chip or processor is better? Comprehensive comparison data of benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G, speed examination of GPUs Adreno 660 and Mali-G76 MP18.
This performance comparison involves two processors: Snapdragon 875 is octa-core (Cortex-X1) and Kirin 990 5G is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A76). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A careful review 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 software tests like AnTuTu 8, 3DMark, Geekbench, Mozilla Kraken, WebXPRT 3, GFXBench, PCMark, Vellamo, PassMark, Quadrant, Neocore, Octane V2, and how good the SoCs are in games Minecraft Bedrock, Fortnite, Real Racing 3, Mortal Kombat, PUBG, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D, 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 Snapdragon 875 or Kirin 990 5G and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9.
Summary benchmark resultsAs 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 875 | 99% |
Kirin 990 5G | 88% |
Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)| Snapdragon 875 | 96% |
Kirin 990 5G | 77% |
Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming| Snapdragon 875 | 96% |
Kirin 990 5G | 83% |
Antutu 8Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed | Snapdragon 875 |
Kirin 990 5G | | Total score | 892580 | 456731 | | CPU | 267378 | 145457 | | GPU | 333014 | 153240 | | MEM | 152951 | 85197 | | UX | 139231 | 72537 |
GeekBench 5.2This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | Snapdragon 875 |
Kirin 990 5G | | Single-Core | 1404 | 945 | | Multi-Core | 4904 | 3118 |
Comparison of specifications
CPU and Memory | Snapdragon 875 |
Kirin 990 5G | | Frequency | 2840 MHz | 2860 MHz | | Cores | 8 | 8 | | Bit | 64 | 64 | | Lithography | 5 nm | 7 nm | | Transistors count | | | | Core configuration | 1x2.84 GHz Cortex-X1
3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A78
4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 | 2x2.86 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
2x2.36 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
4x1.95 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | | Power consumption (TDP) | 10 W | 6 W | | Memory type | LPDDR5 (Quad Channel) | LPDDR4x | | Max. Memory | 16 Gb | 12 Gb | | Memory Frequency | 2750 | 1600 | | Memory bandwidth | 51.2 | 31.78 | | Neural Processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes | | L1 cache | 512 KB | | | L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB | | L3 cache | 4 MB | | | Instruction set architecture (ISA) | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8-A |
In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Kirin 990 5G is 0% better than Snapdragon 875 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.
GPU and Media| GPU | Adreno 660 | Mali-G76 MP18 | | GPU Frequency | 700 MHz | 950 MHz | | GFloPS | 1486 | 581.14 | | # of Cores | | 18 | | # of Shader Units | 512 | | | Display | 3840 x 2160 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 | 34.8 | 28.4 | | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile) | 105.8 | 57.5 | | Garena Free Fire - The Cobra | 63.4 | 59.6 | | Call of Duty: Mobile | 58.4 | 43.6 | | Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile) | 90.5 | 50.7 | | Minecraft: Pocket Edition | 130.5 | 77.2 | | Real Racing 3 | 126.8 | 74.5 | | Sniper 3D | 139.5 | 131.1 | | Need for Speed No Limits | 88.8 | 83.4 | | Mortal Kombat X | 91.9 | 86.4 | | CSR Racing 2 | 76.1 | 65.6 |
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 8 and GeekBench 5.2 becnmarks.
Cameras| Camera resolution | 200 MP | 32 MP | | Dual Camera resolution | 36 MP | | | Image Signal Processor (ISP) | Qualcomm Spectra 480 | | | Video Encoding FPS | 60 | 60 | | Video Encoding resolution | 8K, 4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD | 4K, 2K, FullHD | | Codec support | H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, HDR10+, HLG, HDR10 | H.264, H.265/HEVC |
Networks and Navigation| Modem | Qualcomm Snapdragon X57 Modem-RF System 5G | 21 | | Download speed | 15000 MBit/s. | 1400 MBit/s. | | Upload speed | 6000 MBit/s. | 900 MBit/s. | | Navigation | Beidou, NavIC enabled, SBAS, GPS, GNSS, Galileo, QZSS, Dual frequency GNSS, GLONASS | GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou | | NFC support | Yes | Yes | | 5G support | Yes | No |
Result:
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 is better: 35
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G is better: 5
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.
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• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu 8
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 5 mobile
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