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HiSilicon Kirin 980
HiSilicon Mobile SoC

HiSilicon Kirin 980

35B
Cores8
Frequency2600 MHz
Process7 nanometers
GPUMali-G76 MP10
MemoryLPDDR4X
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 11736,755
Geekbench 6928 / 2875
Single-Core Score928
Multi-Core Score2875
Compute Score (GPU)3657
3DMark Wild Life Extreme675
PCMark 3.08701

Full specifications

AnTuTu 11

CPU
322481
GPU
107109
Memory
146249
UX
160916
Total score
736755

GeekBench 6

Asset compression
128.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser
75 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
97.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection
59.9 images/sec
HDR
85.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur
10.1 images/sec
Photo processing
22.7 images/sec
Ray tracing
3.74 Mpixels/sec
Samples
18 tests
Background blur
5.49 images/sec
Face detection
3.47 images/sec
Horizon detection
0.17 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection
0.28 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur
0.16 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching
0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching
12.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics
485.7 FPS
API
Vulkan
Samples
11 tests

3DMark

Score
675
Stability
48%
Graphics test
4 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Web score
7820
Video editing score
5774
Data manipulation score
7472
Photo editing score
14221
Writing score
10928
Phones tested
6 models

Gaming

PUBG Mobile
56 FPS / [Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile
39 FPS / [Ultra]
Fortnite
28 FPS / [High]
Shadowgun Legends
51 FPS / [Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz
60 FPS / [Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
60 FPS / [Ultra]
Device
Huawei Nova 5T / 1080 x 2340

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 / 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 / 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores
8
Frequency
2600 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
L2 cache
4 MB
Process
7 nanometers
Transistor count
6.9 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture
Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU frequency
720 MHz
Pipelines
10
Shading units
24
Total shaders
240
FLOPS
345.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Memory

Memory type
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gb/s
Max size
8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264 / - H.265 / - VP9
Audio codecs
- AIFF / - CAF / - MP3 / - MP4 / - WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 21
5G support
No
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
Bluetooth
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
August 2018
Class
Flagship
Official page
HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site
Successor
- HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.

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