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Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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

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Compared fields 43
Different values 34
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Architecture 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55 1x 2.84 GHz - Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)3x 2.42 GHz - Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2860 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 8 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache Not available 4 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
GPU Mali G76 MP16 Adreno 660
GPU architecture Bifrost Adreno 600
GPU clock 700 MHz 840 MHz
Execution units 16 2
Shaders 256 512
FLOPS 896 Gigaflops 1720 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Hexagon 780

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VC-1 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
4G LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 22
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2300 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1250 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Release October 2019 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available SM8350
Storage support UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Devices in database Not available 51
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

5G eSIM
Samsung W22 5G
Samsung

Samsung W22 5G

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1768 × 220…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
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PDF manual 5G eSIM
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1768 × 220…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
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PDF manual 5G eSIM
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3

3.3
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 264…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh
View details PDF
5G
Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch
Huawei

Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch

3.7
Tablet
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pixels…
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 8300 mAh
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