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HiSilicon Kirin 980

HiSilicon
Updated On: 12 Oct, 2026

Kirin 980 is a Flagship mobile platform built on the 7 nanometers manufacturing process. Announced on August 2018, it packs 8 CPU cores and a powerful Mali G76 MP10 GPU.

Process Node
7 nanometers
CPU Cores
8
Max Bandwidth
31.78 Gbit/s
GPU Clock
720 MHz
📶 5G: No 📡 4G LTE Supported 6 BT 5.0

Performance Overview

CPU Performance
55
Gaming Performance
46
Battery Efficiency
55

HiSilicon Kirin 980 Specifications

Complete hardware architecture, GPU capabilities, memory standards, and connectivity tech specs.

Product Details
Model: Kirin 980
Brand HiSilicon
Class Flagship
Released on: August 2018
Architecture & Process
Architecture2x 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-A
Transistor Count 6.9 billion
L1 Cache 512 KB
L2 Cache 512 KB
L3 Cache 4 MB
Process 7 nanometers
TDP 6 W
Graphics
GPU Name Mali G76 MP10
Graphics Architecture Bifrost
GPU Frequency720 MHz
Execution Units 10
Shading Units 160
Flops 691 Gigaflops
Vulkan Version 1.0
Opencl Version 1.2
Directx Version 12
Memory
Memory Type LPDDR4X
Memory BUS 4x 16 Bit
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz
Max Bandwidth31.78 Gbit/s
Max Size8 GB
Storage Type UFS 3.0
Multimedia
Neural ProcessorYes
Max Display Resolution3120 x 1440
Max Camera Resolution1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video Capture 4K at 30FPS
Video Playback 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio Codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G LTE Cat. 21
5G No
Download Speed Up to 1400 Mbps
Upload Speed Up to 200 Mbps
Wi Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS

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HiSilicon Kirin 980 Benchmark Scores

Standard synthetic performance benchmark evaluations.

Antutu

AnTuTu Score

CPU140916
GPU143456
Memory83772
UX115457
Total score481024
Geekbench

Geekbench Score

Single-Core Score689
Multi-Core Score2451
Image compression123.8 Mpixels/s
Face detection20.4 images/s
Speech recognition47.2 words/s
Machine learning47.4 images/s
Camera shooting23.2 images/s
HTML 52.39 Mnodes/s
SQLite655 Krows/s
3D Mark

3DMark Graphics Score

Stability48%
Graphics test14 FPS
Score2489