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Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 vs HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs HiSilicon Kirin 710A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 850

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform (or SD850) is a ARM based SoC for Windows laptops. It is a higher clocked version (3 versus 2.8 GHz) of the Snapdragon 845 for smartphones and also manufactured in 10 nm LPP FinFET at TSMC. It integrates 4x Kryo 385 cores (Cortex-A75) at up to 2.95 GHz (max) for performance and 4x Kryo 385 (at 1.8 GHz?) for efficiency. Furthermore offers an X20 LTE modem (Cat. 18 1.2 Gbps downlink, Cat 13 150 Mbps uplink), ac-WiFi and a dual-channel 32-Bit 1866 MHz LPDDR4x memory controller.

The performance of the Snapdragon 850 in Windows is in theory similar to a Intel Core i5 of the Y-series (e.g. Core i5-7y54). However, this is only the case for native ARM64 compiled applications and games. 32-bit applications that are not compiled for the ARM architecture only run in an emulation and perform much worse (e.g. see Cinebench R11.5 benchmark). 64-bit Intel/AMD apps are not supported at all.

The chip is very power efficient as its produced at TSMC in the modern 10nm LPP process. Therefore, laptops using the Snapdragon 850 can be passively cooled (no fan) and should not throttle under constant load.

HiSilicon Kirin 960

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The HiSilicon Kirin 960 is an ARM based high-end octa-core SoC for smartphones and tablet, which was introduced with the Huawei Mate 9 in November 2016. 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.

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. 

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 850HiSilicon Kirin 960HiSilicon Kirin 710A
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon HiSilicon
CodenameCortex-A75 / A55 (Kryo 385)Cortex-A73/-A53Cortex-A73/-A53
Series: Cortex-A73/-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 « 2.75 - 2.96 GHz8 / 8 cores2 MB L3 Cortex-A75 / A55 (Kryo 385)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8452.8 GHz8 / 8 cores2 MB L3 Cortex-A75 / A55 (Kryo 385)
HiSilicon Kirin 9702.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A73/-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 960 « 2.4 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 710A2 GHz8 / 8 cores 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
Clock2750 - 2960 MHz2400 MHz2000 MHz
L1 Cache768 KB
L2 Cache1.5 MB
L3 Cache2 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 88 / 8
Technology10 nm16 nm14 nm
FeaturesX20 LTE Modem, Adreno 630 GPUARM Mali-G71 MP8 GPU, 4x Cortex-A73 (2.4 GHz) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.8 GHz, big.LITTLE), 2x 32 Bit LPDDR4 Memory ControllerARM 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, Baidou
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 630ARM Mali-G71 MP8 ( - 900 MHz)ARM Mali-G51 MP4
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com
Transistors5500 Million

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Kirin 710A
0.5 pt (36%)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
0.4702
max:
1.3 176%
0%
100%
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 SD 850 +
1166 Points (7%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 SD 850 +
2284 Points (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 SD 850 +
1456 s (17%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 SD 850 +
37 s (7%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 SD 850 +
4745 Points (8%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 SD 850 +
4.9 fps (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 SD 850 +
28 fps (6%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 SD 850 +
2.3 sec (51%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 SD 850 +
34 s (7%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 SD 850 +
75 s (3%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 SD 850 +
1678 s (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 SD 850 +
13397 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 SD 850 +
12345 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
16059 Points (14%)
min: 14456     avg: 15019     median: 15116.5 (13%)     max: 15341 Points
min: 12601     avg: 12741     median: 12740.5 (11%)     max: 12880 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 SD 850 +
1116 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 SD 850 +
2132 Points (4%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 1817     avg: 2147     median: 2018 (24%)     max: 2552 Points
min: 2365     avg: 2426     median: 2411 (28%)     max: 2501 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 1960     avg: 2151     median: 2110 (24%)     max: 2296 Points
min: 2441     avg: 2464     median: 2441 (28%)     max: 2511 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 SD 850 +
488 Points (21%)
min: 296     avg: 297.3     median: 297 (13%)     max: 299 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 SD 850 +
1923 Points (3%)
min: 1256     avg: 1300     median: 1312 (2%)     max: 1332 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
2269 Points (23%)
min: 1852     avg: 1875     median: 1869 (19%)     max: 1899 Points
min: 1422     avg: 1440     median: 1440 (14%)     max: 1458 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
7118 Points (8%)
min: 6173     avg: 6384     median: 6445 (7%)     max: 6527 Points
min: 5211     avg: 5232     median: 5231.5 (6%)     max: 5252 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1935     avg: 1941     median: 1941 (26%)     max: 1947 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5629     avg: 5833     median: 5832.5 (14%)     max: 6036 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
3221 Points (26%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
3498 Points (32%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
10491 Points (21%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
4894 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6201 Points (16%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
2836 ms (3%)
min: 2734     avg: 3226     median: 3149 (4%)     max: 3734 ms
min: 4122     avg: 4267     median: 4266.5 (5%)     max: 4411 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
13947 Points (13%)
min: 10016     avg: 10823     median: 10236 (9%)     max: 11897 Points
min: 8911     avg: 9454     median: 9453.5 (8%)     max: 9996 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 68     avg: 70     median: 70 (15%)     max: 72 Points
55 Points (11%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
min: 2743     avg: 3060     median: 3059.5 (82%)     max: 3376 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
min: 4471     avg: 4481     median: 4481 (100%)     max: 4491 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
min: 7346     avg: 7456     median: 7455.5 (98%)     max: 7565 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 124087     avg: 143408     median: 146044 (50%)     max: 157445 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 10520     avg: 11264     median: 11146.5 (34%)     max: 12244 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 40636     avg: 41957     median: 42032.5 (52%)     max: 43125 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 59256     avg: 62050     median: 61700 (19%)     max: 65542 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 57275     avg: 59357     median: 58913.5 (36%)     max: 62327 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 170015     avg: 174560     median: 173306 (31%)     max: 181614 Points
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%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
62687 Points (17%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 256749     avg: 264076     median: 264076 (35%)     max: 271402 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work 2.0 Battery Life
677 min (13%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 6006     avg: 6136     median: 6134 (40%)     max: 6299 Points
min: 6287     avg: 7038     median: 7038 (46%)     max: 7789 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 6830     avg: 7199     median: 7341 (37%)     max: 7403 Points
min: 7991     avg: 8101     median: 8101 (41%)     max: 8211 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
7061 Points (11%)
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%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
6.8 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
3 Watt (3%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 → 100% n=5

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960 → 88% n=5

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 710A → 76% n=5

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