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HiSilicon Kirin 980

HiSilicon Kirin 980

The HiSilicon Kirin 980 is an ARM based high-end octa-core SoC for smartphones and tablets, which was introduced with the Huawei Mate 20 Pro in late 2018. It integrates eight CPU cores in three clusters. The performance cluster contains two Cortex-A76 cores with up to 2.6 GHz, the balanced cluster contains also two Cortex-A76 cores but with only up to 1.92 GHz and finally the power saving cluster contains four small ARM Cortex-A53 cores with up to 1.8 GHz. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a modern LTE radio with Cat 21/18 (max. 1400 Mbps download, 200 Mbps upload), 2x faster dual ISP (versus 970), a LPDDR4X 2133 MHz memory controller (34.1 GB/s versus 29.9 GB/s of the Kirin 970) and a 2160p30 H.265 video encoder (2160p60 decoding). The Kirin 980 is produced in the modern 7nm process at TSMC as the first Android SoC (after the Apple A12).

SeriesHiSilicon
CodenameCortex-A76/-A55

Series: Cortex-A76/-A55

HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G compare - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 990 compare - 2.86 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820 compare1.84 - 2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 820e compare1.84 - 2.22 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 810 compare1.88 - 2.27 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
HiSilicon Kirin 980 « - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76/-A55
Clock Rate <=2600 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Transistor Count6900 Million
Manufacturing Technology7 nm
FeaturesARM Mali-G76 GPU, 2x Cortex-A76 (2.6 GHz) + 2x Cortex-A76 (1.92) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x LTE Dual-SIM (1.4 Gbps down Cat21)
GPUARM Mali-G76 MP10 ( - 720 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date08/31/2017

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU
0.9 pt (71%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 20618     avg: 21733     median: 21603.5 (19%)     max: 23285 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 246439     avg: 246733     median: 246733 (32%)     max: 247027 Points
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Reviews for the HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor

Huawei Nova 5T Smartphone Review – Honor Clone With Improvements

Huawei Nova 5T Smartphone Review – Honor Clone With Improvements

Honor smartphones originally were profitable sprouts of some Huawei models that were not much older. At least, this was the case before the subsidiary began to ...
HiSilicon Kirin 980 | ARM Mali-G76 MP10 | 6.26" | 174 g
Honor 20

Honor 20 Smartphone Review: a quad camera in a midrange smartphone

Honor is pushing down the price for smartphones with high-end equipment. 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage as well as a quad camera sound great on pape...
HiSilicon Kirin 980 | ARM Mali-G76 MP10 | 6.26" | 174 g
Honor 20 Pro

Honor 20 Pro Smartphone Review – Quad-Cam and a lot of Stamina

Honor packs a whopping four photographic objectives on the rear of the Honor 20 Pro, which is a slight upgrade over the Honor 20's setup. Read in our test, whet...
HiSilicon Kirin 980 | ARM Mali-G76 MP10 | 6.26" | 182 g
Huawei P30

Huawei P30 Smartphone Review

Huawei has set the bar for smartphones which seek to position themselves in the upper segment a little bit higher. The Leica triple camera and octa-core SoC sou...
HiSilicon Kirin 980 | ARM Mali-G76 MP10 | 6.10" | 165 g
Huawei P30 Pro Smartphone Review

Huawei P30 Pro Smartphone Review

Last year, the Huawei P20 Pro set new standards in mobile photography, and now the Chinese company is back with its successor in the hope of building on those s...
HiSilicon Kirin 980 | ARM Mali-G76 MP10 | 6.47" | 192 g

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.30", 0.2 kg
  Review » Huawei Mate 20 Pro Smartphone Review

Honor View 20: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.40", 0.2 kg
  Review » Honor View 20 Smartphone Review

Huawei Mate 20 X: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 7.20", 0.2 kg
  Review » Huawei Mate 20 X Smartphone Review

Honor Magic 2: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.39", 0.2 kg
  Review » Honor Magic 2 Smartphone Review

Huawei Mate 20: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.53", 0.2 kg
  Review » Huawei Mate 20 Smartphone Review

Huawei P30 Pro New Edition: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.47", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei P30 Pro New Edition

Huawei MediaPad M6 10: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 10.80", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Huawei MediaPad M6 10

Huawei Nova 5T: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.26", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Nova 5T

Huawei Nova 5 Pro: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.39", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Nova 5 Pro

Huawei Mate 20 X 5G: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 7.20", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Mate 20 X 5G

Honor 20 Pro: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.26", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Honor 20 Pro

Honor 20: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.26", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Honor 20

Huawei P30: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.10", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei P30

Huawei P30 Pro: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.47", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei P30 Pro

Huawei Mate X: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 8.00", 0.3 kg
  External Review » Huawei Mate X

Honor View 20: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.40", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Honor View 20

Honor Magic 2: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.39", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Honor Magic 2

Huawei Mate 20 X: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 7.20", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Mate 20 X

Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.39", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.30", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Huawei Mate 20: ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 6.53", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Mate 20

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   8x 1.84 GHz - 2.36 GHz
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   8x 2 GHz - 2.4 GHz
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   8x 2 GHz
+ HiSilicon Kirin 820e
   8x 1.84 GHz - 2.22 GHz
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   8x 1.88 GHz - 2.27 GHz
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   8x - 2.6 GHz
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   8x - 2.9 GHz
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   8x 2.8 GHz
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   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2018-11- 1)