HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

General
Performance (CPU)
Graphics (GPU)
Memory
Connectivity
Multimedia
AI
Gaming Performance

HiSilicon Kirin 960

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 - which chip or processor is better? should you buy mobile phones having HiSilicon Kirin 960 or should go for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820? Here you will find detailed information about technical specs and benchmarks tests for each chipset.

General

Brand	HiSilicon	Qualcomm
Platform	Smartphones	Smartphones
Release Date	Oct 2016	Nov 2015

Performance (CPU)

Cores	8	4
Architecture	64 bit	64 bit
Frequency (Clock Speed)	2360 MHz	2150 MHz
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

Graphics (GPU)

GPU Name	Mali-G71 MP8	Adreno 530
Frequency (Clock Speed)	1037 MHz	1866 MHz
Execution Units	8	2
Shading Units	128	256
Vulkan Version	1.0	1.1
OpenCL Version	1.2	2.0
DirectX Version	11.3	12

Memory

Frequency	1600 MHz	624 MHz
Bus	2x32 Bit	4x16 Bit
Max Memory Capacity	4 GB	8 GB

Connectivity

Modem	N/A	Snapdragon X12 LTE
5G Support	No	No
4G Support	Yes	Yes
Download Speed	600 Mbps	600 Mbps
Upload Speed	150 Mbps	150 Mbps
Wi-Fi Version	5	5
Bluetooth Version	4.2	4.1
GPS	Yes	Yes

Multimedia

Neural Processor (NPU)	N/A	Hexagon 680
Storage	eMMC 5.1,UFS 2.1	eMMC 5.1,UFS 2.1
Max Screen Resolution	2520 X 1080	3840 x 2160
Max Camera Resolution	2x 16 MP	28
Video Record	4K@30FPS	4K @ 30FPS
Video Playback	4K@30FPS	4K @ 60FPS
Video Codec Support	H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9	H.264, H.265
Audio Codec Support	AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV	AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV