HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2020 and belongs to the 7 generation of the HiSilicon Kirin series.
Name: HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
Family: HiSilicon Kirin
Group: HiSilicon Kirin 980
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 7

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 2.58 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
CPU Cores: 8
Threads: 8
Cores A: 1x Cortex-A76
Cores B: 3x Cortex-A76
Cores C: 4x Cortex-A55
Core architecture: hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.58 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 2.4 GHz
C-Core Frequency: 1.84 GHz

Internal Graphics

The HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G uses the ARM Mali-G77 MP8, which has 128 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: ARM Mali-G77 MP8
GPU frequency: 0.8 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 8
Shaders: 128
Max. GPU Memory: 4.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: Vallhall 1
Direct X: 12
Technology: 7 nm
Release date: Q2/2019

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode / Encode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Memory type: LPDDR4X-2133
Max. Memory: 0 bytes
Memory channels: 4
Bandwidth: --
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): None
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G is manufactured using a 7 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 0 bytes
Architecture: Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
Operating systems: Android
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q2/2020
Release price: --
Part Number: Hi6290
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

HiSilicon Kirin 980
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
412594
412594
MediaTek Dimensity 820
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
407964
407964
HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
8C 8T @ 2.58 GHz
406830
406830
MediaTek Kompanio 820
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
403759
403759
Samsung Exynos 9820
8C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
394976
394976

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
2523
2523
Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
2523
2523
HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
8C 8T @ 2.58 GHz
2517
2517
Intel Core i7-4702HQ
4C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
2508
2508
AMD FX-8320
8C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
2489
2489

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-13700TE
16C 24T @ 1.1 GHz
820
820
Intel Core i7-13850HX
20C 28T @ 2.1 GHz
819
819
HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
8C 8T @ 2.58 GHz
819
819
Intel Core i7-13850HX
20C 28T @ 2.1 GHz
819
819
Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
806
806

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3-7130U
2C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
684
684
Intel Core i5-4278U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
684
684
HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G
8C 8T @ 2.58 GHz
684
684
Intel Core i7-3612QM
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
684
684
Intel Core i7-6822EQ
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
684
684