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HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G vs HiSilicon Kirin 960s

HiSilicon Kirin 710A

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The HiSilicon Kirin 710A is a ARM-based mid-range Octa-Core-SoC for Android based smartphones and tablets. It is based on the Kirin 710, but manufactured in 14nm FinFET at SMIC (China) versus the TSMC in 12nm. It was announced mid 2020 and contains 8 processor cores (4x Cortex-A73 at up to 2 GHz, 4x Cortex-A53 at up to 1.7 GHz, BigLITTLE), an ARM Mali G51 MP4, a dual-channel LPDDR4 memory controller and a LTE radio (600 Mbps down, 150 Mbps up). Therefore, the CPU part is similar to the Kirin 960 and 970 (both higher clocked), but the graphics card is a lot slower. 

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 (SD680, SM6225) is a mid-range ARM-based SoC largely found on Android tablets and smartphones. It features 8 Kryo 265 cores (custom design, 64-Bit capable) that are divided in two clusters. A fast cluster of four cores with up to 2.4 GHz (Kryo 265 Gold - Cortex-A73 derivate) and a power saving efficiency cluster with up to 1.8 GHz (Kryo 265 Silver - Cortex A53 derivate). Both clusters can also be used together. Compared to the older Snapdragon 665, the clock speeds are higher.

In addition to the 8 CPU cores, the SoC integrates a mid range Adreno 610 GPU with a LPDDR4 memory controller (dual-channel)  and supports Wi-Fi (802.11ac + MIMO, max. 867 Mbps), Bluetooth 5, and LTE (X11 LTE modem with up to 390 Mbps download).

The SoC is produced in 6nm (compared to the older 11nm LPP process of the similar Snapdragon 665).

HiSilicon Kirin 960s

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The HiSilicon Kirin 960S is an ARM based mid-range octa-core SoC for smartphones and tablets, which was introduced with the 2018 10.5-inch Huawei MediaPad M5. Compared to the normal Kirin 960, the 960S offers an additional NPU for AI calculations from the Kirin 970. Looks like to be slower clocked than the older Kirin 960.

Besides 8 CPU cores (4x Cortex-A73, 4x Cortex-A53), the SoC is also equipped with a modern Mali-G71 MP8 graphics adapter, a dual-channel LPDDR4 memory controller as well as an LTE Cat. 12/13 modem. It is one of the fastest ARM SoCs in the end of 2016. The Kirin 960 is manufactured in a modern 16-nm process at TSMC.

ModelHiSilicon Kirin 710AQualcomm Snapdragon 680 4GHiSilicon Kirin 960s
SeriesHiSilicon Qualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-A73/-A53Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) / Silver (Cortex-A53)Cortex-A73/-A53
Series: Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9702.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9602.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960s2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 7102.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710A « 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G1.9 - 2.8 GHz8 / 8 cores Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) / Silver (Cortex-A53)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G « 1.8 - 2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) / Silver (Cortex-A53)
HiSilicon Kirin 9702.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9602.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960s « 2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 7102.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710A2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
Clock2000 MHz1800 - 2400 MHz2100 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 88 / 8
Transistors5500 Million
Technology14 nm6 nm16 nm
FeaturesARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU, 4x Cortex-A73 (2.2 GHz) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.7 GHz, big.LITTLE), LTE Cat-12 600 Mbps Downlink, Cat-13 150 Mbps Uplink, Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz, AGPS, Glonass, BaidouAdreno 610 GPU, X11 LTE Modem, Hexagon 686 DSP, Spectra 346 ISPARM Mali-G71 MP8 GPU, 4x Cortex-A73 (2.4 GHz) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x 32 Bit LPDDR4 Memory Controller
iGPUARM Mali-G51 MP4Qualcomm Adreno 610ARM Mali-G71 MP8 ( - 900 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Kirin 710A
0.5 pt (36%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 12601     avg: 12741     median: 12740.5 (11%)     max: 12880 Points
14698 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2365     avg: 2426     median: 2411 (28%)     max: 2501 Points
2323 Points (27%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2441     avg: 2464     median: 2441 (28%)     max: 2511 Points
2101 Points (24%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 SD 680 +
min: 413     avg: 423.5     median: 422.5 (13%)     max: 436 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 SD 680 +
min: 865     avg: 1169     median: 1180 (5%)     max: 1450 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 296     avg: 297.3     median: 297 (13%)     max: 299 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1256     avg: 1300     median: 1312 (2%)     max: 1332 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1422     avg: 1440     median: 1440 (14%)     max: 1458 Points
min: 1634     avg: 1779     median: 1818.5 (18%)     max: 1844 Points
1634 Points (16%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5211     avg: 5232     median: 5231.5 (6%)     max: 5252 Points
min: 4238     avg: 5563     median: 5636 (6%)     max: 6741 Points
5809 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1706 Points (23%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
5609 Points (14%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
5734 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
1756 Points (26%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
3221 Points (26%)
2165 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
3498 Points (32%)
3780 Points (34%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
10491 Points (21%)
10498 Points (21%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
4894 Points (10%)
5303 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6201 Points (16%)
6502 Points (17%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 4122     avg: 4267     median: 4266.5 (5%)     max: 4411 ms
min: 2650.1     avg: 3124     median: 3208.7 (4%)     max: 3460.5 ms
5947 ms (7%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 8911     avg: 9454     median: 9453.5 (8%)     max: 9996 Points
min: 6358     avg: 11432     median: 12386 (11%)     max: 14279 Points
6802 Points (6%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 SD 680 +
min: 41     avg: 47.3     median: 45.5 (13%)     max: 57 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
55 Points (11%)
115%
1 SD 680 +
min: 58     avg: 67.8     median: 63.5 (13%)     max: 93 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
147305 Points (50%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
8364 Points (26%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
28103 Points (34%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
33870 Points (11%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
43350 Points (27%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
113687 Points (20%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
37557 Points (31%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
35829 Points (29%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
26575 Points (5%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
69743 Points (25%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
169704 Points (16%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
182567 Points (11%)
122%
1 SD 680 +
min: 201810     avg: 229317     median: 223076 (14%)     max: 274001 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
62687 Points (17%)
124%
1 SD 680 +
min: 57249     avg: 74107     median: 77473 (21%)     max: 83512 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
7061 Points (11%)
267%
1 SD 680 +
min: 14191     avg: 18087     median: 18857 (30%)     max: 19721 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
6622 Points (31%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
3345 Points (18%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
6401 Points (14%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 6287     avg: 7038     median: 7038 (46%)     max: 7789 Points
5114 Points (33%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 7991     avg: 8101     median: 8101 (41%)     max: 8211 Points
5040 Points (25%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
100%
1 SD 680 +
min: 24.93     avg: 27.5     median: 27.5 (20%)     max: 30.06 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
100%
1 SD 680 +
min: 233.04     avg: 359.5     median: 359.5 (11%)     max: 485.87 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
100%
1 SD 680 +
min: 21.73     avg: 23.1     median: 23.1 (28%)     max: 24.4 MB/s
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
100%
1 SD 680 +
min: 276.09     avg: 483.2     median: 483.2 (13%)     max: 690.35 MB/s
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 SD 680 +
min: 325     avg: 371     median: 388 (15%)     max: 413 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
6.8 Watt (3%)
102%
1 SD 680 +
min: 2.72     avg: 4.1     median: 3.4 (1%)     max: 7.56 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
3 Watt (3%)
102%
1 SD 680 +
min: 1.005     avg: 1.4     median: 1.4 (2%)     max: 1.74 Watt

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 710A → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G → 115% n=6

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960s → 96% n=6

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