Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 vs HiSilicon Kirin 910. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon HiSilicon Kirin
• Generation
  4 1
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 HiSilicon Kirin 910

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
  1.95 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.95 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  1.95 GHz 1.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  Qualcomm Adreno 504 ARM Mali-450 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.53 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.50 GHz 0.53 GHz
• Execution units
  0 4
• Shader
  0 64
• Max. displays
  0 1
• Generation
  5 Utgard
• DirectX Version
  11 0
• Technology
  12 nm 28nm
• Release date
  Q2/2018 2012

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by HiSilicon Kirin 910 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 429. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3 LPDDR3
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 and HiSilicon Kirin 910 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 429, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A9
• Technology
  12 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2014
• Part Number
  SDM429 --