HiSilicon Kirin 980
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Released
Q4/2018
HiSilicon Kirin 980

Processor HiSilicon Kirin 980, specifications and benchmarks

1174 place in the overall ranking CPUs!
HiSilicon Kirin 980 Processor is being reviewed, the release of which was held in Q4/2018. Here are all the HiSilicon Kirin 980’s specifications and performance estimation in benchmark. We offer to study all the data and compare it with a competing model. The base clock frequency of the model is 1.80 GHz, total of cores is 8. The CPU supports LPDDR4X-2133 and is installed in the motherboard on Socket N/A. The TDP for CPU is 6 W.

Specifications

Technical data
CPU family and group

General information about the processor HiSilicon Kirin 980

  • Segment
    Mobile
  • Family
  • Generation
    7
  • CPU group
    HiSilicon Kirin 980
  • Predecessor
    --
  • Successor
    --
CPU Technical specs

HiSilicon Kirin 980 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

  • Frequency
    1.80 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    1.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    2.60 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No
  • Overclocking
    No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
  • A core
    2x Cortex-A76
  • B core
    2x Cortex-A76
  • C core
    4x Cortex-A55
IGPU

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

  • GPU name
    ARM Mali-G76 MP10
  • GPU frequency
    0.72 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo
  • Execution units
    10
  • Shader
    160
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB
  • Max. displays
    2
  • Generation
    Bifrost 3
  • DirectX Version
    12
  • Technology
    7 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2018
Hardware codec support

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-2133
  • Max. Memory
    8 GB
  • ECC
    No
  • Memory channels
    4
  • PCIe version
  • PCIe lanes
Encryption

Hardware security technology

  • AES-NI
    No
Thermal Management
  • TDP (PL1)
    6 W
  • TDP up
    --
  • TDP (PL2)
    --
  • TDP down
    --
  • Tjunction max.
    --
* see below
Technologies and extensions

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None
  • ISA extensions
  • L2-Cache
    --
  • L3-Cache
    2.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
  • Technology
    7 nm
  • Socket
    N/A
  • Release date
    Q4/2018
  • Part Number
    --
Positions in all rankings

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 980 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    950 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    901 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    612 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    237 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 980 with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
684
683
682
681
HiSilicon Kirin 980
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
2411
2411
2386
2378
HiSilicon Kirin 980
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
533
527
527
520
HiSilicon Kirin 980

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*

PL1 - Amount of heat in watts generated by the processor (or GPU) during normal operation.

PL2 - on overclocking

The values are used to select the optimal cooling system and power supply.

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