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Flagship Chipsets Comparison: Snapdragon 865, A13, Exynos 990, Dimensity 1000 and Kirin 990
Qualcomm has announced three new chipsets at the “Snapdragon Tech Summit 2019” in Maui, Hawaii. Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 is the flagship smartphone SoC which will power most of the flagship Android smartphones in the year 2020. Alongside its flagship chipset, Qualcomm has also launched 7 series upper midrange 5G chipsets, Snapdragon 765 and 765G. Qualcomm has also introduced 3D Sonic Max, 17x larger Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. In this article, we are going to compare all the flagship chipsets including Snapdragon 865 Vs Exynos 990, Apple A13 Bionic, Mediatek Dimensity 1000, Kirin 990 and Samsung Exynos 990. We will be comparing Snapdragon 865 with all other flagship chipsets one by one. Let the chipset battle begin.
Before we compare Snapdragon 865 with other flagship chipsets, let’s compare it with its precursor. Check out: Snapdragon 865 vs Snapdragon 855- What’s New?
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Vs Apple A13 Bionic
Let’s start by comparing Snapdragon 865 with Apple A13 Bionic. We have seen A13 Bionic chipset in the iPhone 11 series. Here is the specs comparison.
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| Snapdragon 865 | Apple A13 Bionic | |
| Process Technology | 7nm (TSMC) | 7nm (TSMC N7P) |
| CPU | Octa-core Kryo 585
1x Cortex-A77 @2.84GHz 3x Cortex-A77 @2.42GHz 4x- Cortex-A55 @1.8GHz |
Hexa-core
2x Lightning @2.66GHz 4x Thunder @1.7GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 650 at 587MHz | Apple-designed quad-core |
| Modem | X55 5G Modem (External)
Up to 7.5 Gbps Download Up to 3 Gbps Upload WiFi 6 |
Intel XMM 7660 LTE (Category 19)Up to 1.6Gbps Download speedUp to 225Mbps upload speed wifi 6 |
| AI | Hexagon 698 DSP
5th Gen AI Engine |
Octa-core Neural Engine |
| Camera | Spectra 480 ISP
Up to 200 MP 8K @30 FPS 4K HDR @60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
Apple-designed Image Processor
4K HDR @ 60FPS |
| Extra | QHD+ @144Hz
4K@60Hz Display |
Machine learning capable of 1 trillion operations/second |
Snapdragon 865 Vs Exynos 990
Samsung makes their own chipsets and releases Exynos powered flagship smartphones in some regions. Samsung will be using Exynos 990 and Snapdragon 865 in their upcoming Galaxy S11 and Note 11 lineup. Let’s compare both the chipsets.
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| Snapdragon 865 | Exynos 990 | |
| Process Technology | 7nm (TSMC) | 7nm (EUV) |
| CPU | Octa-core Kryo 5851x Cortex-A77 @2.84GHz 3x Cortex-A77 @2.42GHz 4x: Cortex-A55 @1.8GHz |
Octa-core
2x Exynos Mongoose 5th Gen |
| GPU | Adreno 650 at 587MHz | Mali-G77 MP11 |
| Modem | X55 5G Modem (External) Up to 7.5 Gbps Download Up to 3 Gbps Upload SA/NSA mmWave Sub-6GHz |
Exynos Modem 5123 (external) 7350 Mbps down N/A up SA/NSA mmWave Sub-6GHz |
| AI | Hexagon 698 DSP 5th Gen AI Engine |
Dual-core NPU |
| Camera | Spectra 480 ISPUp to 200 MP 8K @30 FPS 4K HDR @60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
Up to 108MP 8K at 30fps 4K at 60fps |
| Extra | QHD+ @144Hz4K@60Hz Display | 120Hz display refresh rate |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Vs Dimensity 1000
Dimensity 1000 is the latest 5G Flagship SoC of Mediatek. Let’s see how it fairs against the Snapdragon 865.
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| Snapdragon 865 | Mediatek Dimensity 1000 | |
| Process Technology | 7nm (TSMC) | 7nm (EUV) |
| CPU | Octa-core Kryo 585
1x Cortex-A77 @2.84GHz |
4x Arm Cortex-A77 clocked @2.6 GHz 4x Arm Cortex-A55 clocked @2.0 GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 650 at 587MHz | Mali-G77 MC9 |
| Modem | X55 5G Modem (External) Up to 7.5 Gbps Download Up to 3 Gbps Upload SA/NSA mmWave Sub-6GHz |
5G Sub-6GHz LTE Category 19 DL Up to 4.7 Gbps Download Up to 2.5 Gbps Upload |
| AI | Hexagon 698 DSP
5th Gen AI Engine |
APU 3.0 Hexa-Core 2 big + 3 small + 1 tiny |
| Camera | Spectra 480 ISP
Up to 200 MP |
5X ISP
Up to 80MP |
| Extra | QHD+ @144Hz4K@60Hz Display | 5,11,363 points AnTuTu Score |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Vs Kirin 990
Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin 990 powers Mate 30 series and recently launched Huawei Nova 6 5G. It comes with an integrated 5G modem. Honor V30 series is also reportedly powered by Kirin 990.
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| Snapdragon 865 | Hisilicon Kirin 990 | |
| Process Technology | 7nm (TSMC) | 7nm (EUV) |
| CPU | Octa-core Kryo 585
1x (Cortex-A77) @2.84GHz |
Octa-core
2x Cortex-A76 @ 2.86 GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 650 at 587MHz | Mali-G76 MP16 |
| Modem | X55 5G Modem (External) Up to 7.5 Gbps Download Up to 3 Gbps Upload SA/NSA mmWave Sub-6GHz |
Balong 5000 4G/5G (Integrated) 2.3 Gbps Download 1.3 Gbps Upload SA/NSA Sub-6GHz |
| AI | Hexagon 698 DSP
5th gen AI engine |
Da Vinci NPU |
| Camera | Spectra 480 ISPUp to 200 MP 8K @30 FPS 4K HDR @60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
ISP 5.0
64MP |
| Extra | QHD+ @144Hz4K@60Hz Display | 457,357 AnTuTu Score |
That’s all in this comparison article of Snapdragon 865 Vs A13, Snapdragon 865 Vs Exynos 990, Snapdragon 865 Vs Kirin 990 and Snapdragon 865 Vs Dimensity 1000.
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