There is little difference between them in practical application, but they have their own characteristics in some aspects. Kirin mainly has an independent NPU chip, which is superior in AI performance, while Qualcomm's GPU graphics performance is better. The following is a detailed introduction:

1. Take their flagship as an example. Firstly, in terms of parameters, both Kirin 980 and Snapdragon 855 adopt TSMC's 7nm process. The main difference between these two CPUs is that the main frequency of Snapdragon 855 is higher than that of Kirin 980, and the performance of multi-core is similar. In terms of AI performance, Kirin 980 uses CAMBRIAN NPU chip, while Snapdragon 855 does not use NPU chip, but distributes it to other units and software.

2. Above the baseband, there is little difference between the baseband of the two processors. Snapdragon 855 uses Qualcomm X24 baseband with the highest download rate of 2 Gbps. Kirin 980 integrates Ba Long 765 baseband with the highest download rate of1.4 Gbps. Both of them can be plugged into 5G baseband to realize 5G network access;

3. There is a big difference in GPU running scores between them, and the performance of Snapdragon 855 processor is better;

4. In actual use, both processors are current flagship processors, and there is not much difference in daily use; If you care about game performance, you can choose Qualcomm's processor;