Kirin 980 specs leaked: 2.8 GHz octa-core CPU and custom GPU

23 July 2018
The chipset will have a cluster of four Cortex-A77s and four more Cortex-A55s.

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phonee, 23 Jul 2018I have used iphone 8 plus, Note 8, S9+ and P20 (my recent p... moreThis time around however, the 980 at least matches the performance of the 845. The in house GPU is also made to run with the Kirin 980, fixing the problems that the Kirin 970 posed before

    Anonymous, 23 Jul 2018There has never been a Cortex A-70 or 71 or 74, and there m... moreAnd there's no cortex A6x (60,61,62.....69) so? And no A4X as well, and no A2x as well. So? Your point is invalid

      Anonymous, 23 Jul 2018What about kirin 710 specs that is already out on Nova 3i???Thesecare midrange.

        iamSyleBaxter, 23 Jul 2018You clearly do not know what you talking about. There isn't... moreAnd I agree. I laughed really hand at this. AND I USED Huawei phones. They are certainly no slouch!

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          • 23 Jul 2018

          A77 is surely a typo, since the late 2018-early 2019 design for ARM is A76. It has just been announced, so most likely HiSilicon still didn't get enough time to integrate it; this SoC is most likely based on the A75 design. As on the past years, HiSilicon has terrible timing; it will compare favourably to current processors, but will be a generation behind for most of next year compared to SD855 and Exynos whatever.

            phonee, 23 Jul 2018I have used iphone 8 plus, Note 8, S9+ and P20 (my recent p... moreYou clearly do not know what you talking about. There isn't any way of even imagining kirin slowing down or being laggy. Anyone who reads this will just laugh at you.

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              • 23 Jul 2018

              I have used iphone 8 plus, Note 8, S9+ and P20 (my recent phone)...to say the least...Kirin 970 is the worst...I doubt Kirin 980 will beat Exynos, SD 850 and A12..

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                • 23 Jul 2018

                What about kirin 710 specs that is already out on Nova 3i???

                  Shanti Dope, 23 Jul 2018Forget the benchmarks. Galaxy S9 against the iPhone 6s at ... moreYeah, I disagree with a lot you just said. I owned an iPhone 6 for about a year and a half, and it doesn't run as well as a Galaxy Note8. And this is coming from someone who dislikes Samsung, a lot. (Only thing good about Samsungs is their design imo, the S9+ is the best looking phone out there right now.)

                  Their flagships with 6GB of RAM run just fine and a lot better than the old iPhone 6. Sure, Apple has great software support for their devices, but unlike Android updates, a newer iOS version actually hinders performance instead of improving it. So much so even, that Apple said themselves that this won't be the case with iOS 12.

                  The point you make about heavier games opening way faster on iPhones is also just not true. There are more than enough videos on YouTube that compare the iPhone X with let's say a Sony Xperia XZ2 or a Oneplus 6 or other flagships, and they're pretty goddamn even, despite the A11 Bionic being miles ahead of the SD845.

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                    • 23 Jul 2018

                    %50 faster than Snapdragon 845. Bravo Kirin.

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                      • 23 Jul 2018

                      regs, 23 Jul 2018Then will beThere has never been a Cortex A-70 or 71 or 74, and there might not be an A-77. This thread is fake news.

                        Anonymous, 23 Jul 2018Do you think we will Resch 1nm in the near future? And t... moreyaa but one question is regarding that is it really necessary for smartphones ..this is not an invotions right..we want to see new technology ...android m n o p q ...z all are same only ui modification there due to this 8gb 16ram model in phone...its fon or what i have two system one old with xp 1gb ram still fine ...new all upgrades woking same ui change for that we need cortex a77 7nm for better battery...for lesser heat is it neceasary..market flooded with phones now we change ph in 6mnth so what with old ph. we makes our earth dirty all parts of ph. are not decomposible.its a shame

                          Shanti Dope, 23 Jul 2018Forget the benchmarks. Galaxy S9 against the iPhone 6s at ... moreWhich will be this year's iOS 12. 13 and onwards it will not recieve.

                            Absulutely gorgeous! I want that beast!!

                              Anonymous, 23 Jul 2018Err... nothing special with „PC-class“. Most high end ARM c... moreWell yeah, they are but for how much time before speed throttle came in? Maybe 10 or 20 mins. on the other hand, PC can run at their peak speed for longer periods. Because you know apart from processor's speed or core count, TDP, and cooling are also important above that Pentium is a tech from the 90s. But higher-end Pentiums are still faster. :)

                                Go go go!

                                  Shanti Dope, 23 Jul 2018Then after 6 months, a new Snapdragon 8xx chip will be anno... moreThere are a lot of apps and games out there which takes full advantage of multi-cores. So maybe single core performance matters but in 2018, multi-core performance is as important as single-core. Though I personally hate this BIG.little combination of processor's cores, none of them is true octa-core. Only 4 cores run simultaneously.
                                  And when we all talk about how optimized iPhone is, then you must know that running the latest OS on a 2 years old iPhone is a nightmare. TRY it yourself. :)

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                                    Anonymous, 23 Jul 2018There is NO Cortex-A77. The latest to date from ARM is Cor... moreThen will be

                                      A77? Hmmm... Maybe Kirin 980 will really be made from Arm A77, but it is definitely not in the 2018. By the time they make it, Qualcomm and Exynos will already use a better chipset than Kirin 980. But Kirin 710 looks very promising. Can't wait to knowing what GPU they will put on that.

                                        Get your suits ready for Huawei's spamming of Kirin 980-powered devices, all being similar with just the names differentiating them.