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Huawei Kirin 820E vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Huawei Kirin 820E
—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
29.9Inno Score
25.9CPU22.1
23.6GPU20
—Benchmarks35.1
20Efficiencyspec-based54.9
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 820E3 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 820E 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 820E

  • Stronger CPU score: 26 vs 22
  • Stronger GPU score: 24 vs 20
  • 425% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 640 vs 122

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
  • 14% lower process: 6 nm vs 7 nm

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 820E versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SpecHuawei Kirin 820EQualcomm Snapdragon 680
Announced20212021
Process7 nm6 nm+14%
TDP (typical)—5 W
ArchitectureARM (Cortex-A76 and Cortex-A55 cores)Armv8

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 820E versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SpecHuawei Kirin 820EQualcomm Snapdragon 680
Cores68+33%
Core configuration3x2.22 GHz Cortex-A76 + 3x1.84 GHz Cortex-A554x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 + 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A53
Max clock2.22 GHz2.4 GHz+8%

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 820E versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SpecHuawei Kirin 820EQualcomm Snapdragon 680
GPUArm Mali-G57 MP6Qualcomm Adreno 610

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 820E versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SpecHuawei Kirin 820EQualcomm Snapdragon 680
NPUHUAWEI Da Vinci NPUQualcomm Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 820E versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SpecHuawei Kirin 820EQualcomm Snapdragon 680
Memory type—LPDDR4X-2133
Max bandwidth—17.1 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 820E versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SpecHuawei Kirin 820EQualcomm Snapdragon 680
ModemIntegrated 5G modem (SA/NSA)Snapdragon X11 LTE
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth—5.1

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 820E versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SpecHuawei Kirin 820EQualcomm Snapdragon 680
Max display—FHD+ @ 90Hz
Video capture—1080p@60fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 820E versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SpecHuawei Kirin 820EQualcomm Snapdragon 680
AnTuTu 12—548,424Bottom 11%
Geekbench 6 (single)—415Bottom 14%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—1,420Bottom 16%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme640+425%Bottom 43%122Bottom 7%

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