HiSilicon Kirin 710 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to HiSilicon Kirin 710 (22/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 22)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 16)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 22.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 16.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) No Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 149801 1112833
GPU 23442 1494722
Memory 78854 442350
Total score 336905 3950082
UX 84808 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 12 MB
L3 cache 1 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 12 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W —
Transistor count 5.5 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 4.2 6.0
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 4 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Call of Duty: Mobile 29 FPS[Low] —
Device Huawei Honor 10 Lite1080 x 2340 —
Fortnite 25 FPS[Low] —
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS[Ultra] —
PUBG Mobile 51 FPS[Medium] —
Shadowgun Legends 56 FPS[Low] —
World of Tanks Blitz 52 FPS[Ultra] —

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 76.5 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 1.85 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.95 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.04 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 44.8 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 41.4 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 12.9 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 44.9 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 143.5 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 10.2 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.08 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 3.27 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 64 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1000 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 4 3
Shading units 8 512
Total shaders 32 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced July 2018 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number Hi6260 SM8850-AC
Official page HiSilicon Kirin 710 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -HiSilicon Kirin 820 —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max size 6 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Max bandwidth — 84.8 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 40MP, 2x 24MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2340 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 5530 15949
Phones tested 3 models 13 models
Photo editing score 11098 40273
Video editing score 4886 8052
Web score 5937 16855
Writing score 6649 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-11-20(ggggg) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-12-03(Ryba) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-12-15(Cyan) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-01-02(Vite180) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-01-13(Flarbo) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-01-20(Zephy) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-09(Daryn) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-16(ᶤᵃᵐH.D.H7) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Honor 8X 337060 —
2.Huawei P30 Lite 336905 —
3.Honor 10 Lite 324696 —
Phones with Kirin 710 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

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