Qualcomm Snapdragon processors are a bit stronger than Kirin processors.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is strong in CPU performance and various supporting hardware, Kirin processor is strong in 5G capability, power consumption and AI performance, from the hardware perspective, Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is stronger than Kirin processor.
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According to Huawei's official announcement of the Kirin 990 compared to the Snapdragon 855 performance improvement of about 6%, thus the Snapdragon 865 is indeed about 10% stronger than the Kirin 990 performance.
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Kirin 980 and Snapdragon 855 both use TSMC's 7nm process, the main difference between the two cpus is the large core, the frequency of the Snapdragon 855 is higher than the Kirin 980, the performance of the multi-core is not much different.
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In terms of AI performance, the Kirin 980 uses a Cambrian NPU chip, and the Snapdragon 855 does not use an NPU chip, but is allocated to other units and software collaboration.
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But in the field of high-end processors, in fact, the gap is not big, Kirin processor than the Snapdragon processor released more than half a year later, so this period of time can make up for their shortcomings, and even in some aspects can surpass the Snapdragon processor.