HiSilicon Kirin 810 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  6 4
• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 810/820 Qualcomm Snapdragon 780

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.90 GHz 1.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.20 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.20 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Cortex-A76 1x Kryo 670 Prime
• B core
  6x Cortex-A55 3x Kryo 670 Gold
• C core
  -- 4x Kryo 670 Silver

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G52 MP6 Qualcomm Adreno 642
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  16 4
• Shader
  288 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 5
• DirectX Version
  12 12.0
• Technology
  12 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q2/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G and HiSilicon Kirin 810. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  6 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 810 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  5 W 5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 810 and HiSilicon Kirin 810, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Kryo 670
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q2/2021
• Part Number
  -- SM7350