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Huawei Kirin 8000 vs Huawei Kirin 980

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—Inno Score
VS
Huawei Kirin 980
30.3Inno Score
30.7CPU24.8
—Benchmarks33.7
20Efficiencyspec-based37
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 80001 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 980

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 8000 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 8000

  • Stronger CPU score: 31 vs 25

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 980

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 980
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 980
Announced20232018
Process7 nm7 nm
TDP (typical)—8 W
Architecture—Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 980
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 980
Cores88
Core configuration1x2.4 GHz + 3x2.19 GHz + 4x1.84 GHz2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 + 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock2.4 GHz2.6 GHz+8%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 980
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 980
GPU—Arm Mali-G76 MP10

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 980
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 980
NPU—Dual NPU (Da Vinci predecessor)

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 980
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 980
Memory type—LPDDR4X-2133
Max bandwidth—34.1 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 980
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 980
Modem—Integrated LTE Cat-21
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth—5.0

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 980
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 980
Max display—FHD+ @ 60Hz
Video capture—4K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 8000 versus Huawei Kirin 980
SpecHuawei Kirin 8000Huawei Kirin 980
AnTuTu—430,000
Geekbench 6 (single)—550Bottom 21%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—2,000Bottom 31%

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