Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G vs HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 HiSilicon Kirin 810/820
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  6 6
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• A-Core
  4x Kryo 265 Gold 4x Cortex-A76
• A-Core Frequency
  2.4 GHz -
• B-Core
  4x Kryo 265 Silver 4x Cortex-A55
• B-Core Frequency
  1.8 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 1.84 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 2.36 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.36 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
  12.1 12
• Execution units
  0 6
• Generation
  6 Vallhall 1
• GPU Frequency
  - 850 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 610 ARM Mali-G57 MP6
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q2/2020
• Shader
  128 96
• Technology
  11 nm 7 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  4 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  17 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G and HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G and HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 265 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L3-Cache
  - 2 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Part Number
  SM6225 -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2019
• Technology
  6 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None