CPUs

HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Full Specs

8 Cores(2P+2M+4E)
8 Threads(2P+2M+4E)
2.6GHz
8 Cores(2P+6E)
8 Threads(2P+6E)
4.6GHz
TDP
5W
TDP
5W
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
LPDDR4X
Bandwidth
84.8GB/s
LPDDR5X
iGPU
iGPU
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691.2 GFLOPSFP16
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7.37 TFLOPSFP16

Kirin 980Kirin 980842
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-
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8 Cores
2P
2M
4E
8 Cores
2P
-
6E
8 Threads
2P
2M
4E
8 Threads
2P
-
6E

Base Clock
2.6GHz
Base Clock
4.6GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
64KB P
64KB M
32KB E
L1i
128KB P
-
64KB E
L1d
64KB P
64KB M
32KB E
L1d
64KB P
-
64KB E
L2
512KB P
256KB M
128KB E
-
-
L2
12MB P shared
12MB E shared
SLC Cache
-
SLC Cache
8MB

Type
LPDDR4X
Type
LPDDR5X
Max Memory
-
Max Memory
24GB
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
4
Channels
4
Bus Width
64-bit
Bus Width
64-bit
Speed
4266MT/s
Speed
10600MT/s
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
Bandwidth
84.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
84.8GB/s

TDP
5W
TDP
5W
Peak Power
-
Peak Power
19W

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
240
Shaders
1536
Boost Clock
720MHz
Boost Clock
1.2GHz
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691.2 GFLOPSFP16
··
7.37 TFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
-
NPU Model
Hexagon

Modem Model
HS LTE 21
Modem Model
X85
Cellular
LTE
Cellular
5G mmWave
Peak Down
Up to 2.0Gbps
Peak Down
Up to 12.5Gbps
Peak Up
Up to 225Mbps
Peak Up
Up to 3.7Gbps

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch64
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
Architecture
Oryon 3ARMv8.7-A
Family
-
Family
Branding
Kirin  branding
Branding
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5  branding
Codename
-
Cortex-A76P-Core
Cortex-A76M-Core
Cortex-A55E-Core
Codename
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5Variant
Pegasus-PP-Core
-
Pegasus-EE-Core
Market Segment
Smartphone
Market Segment
Smartphone
Release Date
Oct 1, 2018
Release Date
Sep 24, 2025

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N7
Fabrication Node
N3E
Die Size
-
Die Size
126mm²

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