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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 888HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
Architecture 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) 2x 2.86 GHz - Cortex-A762x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 8 8
Clock speed 2840 MHz 2860 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 8 billion
TDP 10 W 6 W

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

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

Connectivity

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

General

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

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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
View details
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
View details PDF
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
View details

HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

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