Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 43
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X32x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A7152x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A7103x 2 GHz - Cortex-A510 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 3200 MHz 2860 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 8 billion
TDP 6.3 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
L1 cache Not available 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
GPU Adreno 740 Mali G76 MP16
GPU architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost
GPU clock 680 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 2 16
Shaders 768 256
FLOPS 2089 Gigaflops 896 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon Da Vinci

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP Not available
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 H.264, H.265, VC-1
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Release November 2022 October 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8550-AB Not available
Storage support UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Devices in database 56 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro

3.3
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3700 mAh
5G
Samsung W24 Flip
Samsung

Samsung W24 Flip

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3700 mAh
5G
Samsung W24
Samsung

Samsung W24

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1812…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1848…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 11200 mAh
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ WiFi
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ WiFi

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1752…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 10090 mAh
5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1752…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 10090 mAh

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

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