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Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960s

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 (SD439) is a lower mainstream SoC for (Android based) smartphones and tablets. Compared to the older Snapdragon 435, the 439 is now manufactured in the current 12nm FinFET process and offers higher clock speeds of 2 GHz of the eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores (compared to 1.4 GHz). Wifi (now ac Wave 2 / Wifi 5) and Bluetooth (v5) were also updated, however the GPU still is the rather slow Adreno 505 and the LTE modem was even downgraded to a X6 with only Cat. 4/5 (max. 150 Mbps download, 75 Mbps upload).

Thanks to the higher maximum clock speed, the performance of the Snapdragon 439 mobile platform can reach the old Snapdragon 625 (also 2 GHz with 8x Cortex-A53). However, there is still a big gap to the SoCs with bigger performance cores.

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.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 439HiSilicon Kirin 960s
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-A53Cortex-A73/-A53
Series: Cortex-A73/-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 « 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 compare1.8 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 compare2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 compare1.5 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 compare1.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 compare1.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 MSM8936 compare1.7 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 compare1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) compare1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 MSM8929 compare1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) compare1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 compare1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 970 compare2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960 compare2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960s « 2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 710A compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
Clock2000 MHz2100 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Technology12 nm16 nm
FeaturesAdreno 505 GPU, 802.11ac Wave 2WLAN, Bluetooth 5.0, X6 LTE Cat 4/5 (150 / 75 Mbps),ARM Mali-G71 MP8 GPU, 4x Cortex-A73 (2.4 GHz) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x 32 Bit LPDDR4 Memory Controller
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 505ARM Mali-G71 MP8 ( - 900 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - SD 439
0.3 pt (23%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 12096     avg: 12492     median: 12492.5 (11%)     max: 12809 Points
14698 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 1500     avg: 1597     median: 1608 (19%)     max: 1657 Points
2323 Points (27%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 1516     avg: 1588     median: 1598 (18%)     max: 1618 Points
2101 Points (24%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SD 439 +
176 Points (7%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SD 439 +
823 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 176     avg: 176.7     median: 177 (1%)     max: 177 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 809     avg: 819     median: 812 (3%)     max: 836 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 863     avg: 880     median: 877.5 (9%)     max: 903 Points
1634 Points (16%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2987     avg: 3141     median: 3154 (3%)     max: 3267 Points
5809 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
863 Points (12%)
1706 Points (23%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
3218 Points (8%)
5609 Points (14%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
3636 Points (6%)
5734 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
792 Points (12%)
1756 Points (26%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
712 Points (6%)
2165 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1563 Points (14%)
3780 Points (34%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
5986 Points (12%)
10498 Points (21%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
3444 Points (7%)
5303 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
3684 Points (10%)
6502 Points (17%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 9768     avg: 9963     median: 9952.5 (12%)     max: 10143 ms
5947 ms (7%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 4512     avg: 4731     median: 4755.5 (4%)     max: 4958 Points
6802 Points (6%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 32     avg: 35.2     median: 35.5 (7%)     max: 38 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 59539     avg: 60585     median: 60585 (21%)     max: 61631 Points
147305 Points (50%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 4849     avg: 5390     median: 5051 (16%)     max: 6271 Points
8364 Points (26%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 19841     avg: 21900     median: 22846 (28%)     max: 23014 Points
28103 Points (34%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 12224     avg: 12439     median: 12514 (4%)     max: 12579 Points
33870 Points (11%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 37733     avg: 37810     median: 37769 (23%)     max: 37928 Points
43350 Points (27%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 75175     avg: 77540     median: 77652 (14%)     max: 79792 Points
113687 Points (20%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 6969     avg: 12860     median: 13894 (12%)     max: 16684 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 27672     avg: 29440     median: 29676.5 (24%)     max: 30734 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 9258     avg: 10049     median: 10067 (2%)     max: 10803 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 40746     avg: 41220     median: 41221.5 (15%)     max: 41690 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 84645     avg: 93569     median: 95218 (9%)     max: 99193 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 SD 439 +
105520 Points (14%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 2490     avg: 2557     median: 2556.5 (14%)     max: 2623 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SD 439 +
min: 4775     avg: 5213     median: 5212.5 (11%)     max: 5650 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 4412     avg: 4632     median: 4643.5 (30%)     max: 4791 Points
5114 Points (33%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 5880     avg: 6095     median: 6115 (31%)     max: 6228 Points
5040 Points (25%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 → 100% n=24

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960s → 170% n=24

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)