Kirin 8000
HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and HiSilicon Kirin 980 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
HiSilicon
Launch Date
October 2024
August 2018
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
SMIC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 8000
Kirin 980
Architecture
1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
4x 1.84 GHz – A55
3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
4x 1.84 GHz – A55
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
7 nm
Frequency
2400 MHz
2600 MHz
Transistor count
-
6.9
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP4
Mali-G76 MP10
GPU frequency
864 MHz
720 MHz
Max display resolution
-
3120 x 1440
FLOPS
0.4423 TFLOPS
0.5184 TFLOPS
Execution units
-
10
Shading units
128
36
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
DirectX version
-
12
Connectivity
Download speed
-
Up to 1400 Mbps
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 21
5G support
Yes
No
Bluetooth
5.2
5.0
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
-
4 MB
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.265
- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video playback
4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Yes
TDP
-
6 W
Advantages
Kirin 8000
- Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs August 2018)
Kirin 980
- Higher Frequency: 2600 MHz (2400 MHz vs 2600 MHz)
AnTuTu 10
Score
Kirin 8000
+8%
646778
Kirin 980
597276
Performance
CPU
Score
199131
191509
GPU
Score
106794
160323
Memory
Score
196074
122417
UX
Score
144779
123027
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Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 8000
+18%
989
Kirin 980
835
Multi Core
Kirin 8000
+37%
2919
Kirin 980
2132
FP32 (float)
Kirin 8000
446
Kirin 980
+17%
523
SiliconCat Rating
111
Ranks 111 among all SOC on our website
154
Ranks 154 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 980
