HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 980 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  7 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  1x Cortex-A76 2x Kryo 468 Gold
• B-Core
  3x Cortex-A76 6x Kryo 468 Silver
• Base Frequency
  1.84 GHz 2.4 GHz
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A55 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.58 GHz 2.4 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12.1
• Execution units
  8 0
• Generation
  Vallhall 1 6
• GPU Frequency
  800 MHz 700 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G77 MP8 Qualcomm Adreno 618
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q2/2019
• Shader
  128 128
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c and HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Kryo 468
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Part Number
  Hi6290 SC7180
• Release date
  Q2/2020 2020
• Technology
  7 nm 8 nm
• Virtualization
  None None