Comparing HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

description_compare HiSilicon Kirin 980 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200

• Name
  HiSilicon Kirin 980 MediaTek Dimensity 1200
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  HiSilicon Kirin Mediatek Dimensity
• Generation
  7 2
• CPU group
  HiSilicon Kirin 980 MediaTek Dimensity 1100/1200

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.90 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.60 GHz 2.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Cortex-A76 1x Cortex-A78
• B core
  2x Cortex-A76 3x Cortex-A78
• C core
  4x Cortex-A55 4x Cortex-A55

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G76 MP10 ARM Mali-G77 MP9
• GPU frequency
  0.72 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  10 9
• Shader
  160 144
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Bifrost 3 Vallhall 1
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q2/2019

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 4

• AES-NI
  No No

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  7 nm 6 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q1/2021
• Part Number
  -- MT6893

• Used in
  Huawei P30Huawei P30 ProHuawei Honor 20Huawei Honor 20 ProHuawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20 ProHuawei Nova 5T Unknown