SoC， It is also popularly known as "processor/chip", which is one of the core components of mobile phones. For most users, SoC is the most important choice for mobile phones. But the number of SoCs is so large that it is easy to be confused. Although there is a performance ladder diagram, it is not convenient to see the complete specifications. In order to reduce the trouble of selecting/comparing models, we will take a stock of the SoC of the models on sale in 2021 and rank them according to their performance (the higher the ranking is, the stronger the ranking is).
In addition, you can also add some familiar old flagships, such as Kirin 960/970 and Snapdragon 820/821/835/845, for reference, so that the old flagships users (or those who are ready to get to the old flagships) can understand where these machines are now. In those years, we have used/used more than 40 SoCs, and there is always one around you.
This article is intended for beginners. Experienced users or Jilao can skip the description. Due to the large number of products involved, it is inevitable that there are omissions, and we hope you will not hesitate to correct them.
Basic description, cold/hot knowledge
SoC is the abbreviation of System on Chip, which is called system on chip or system on chip. The CPU (affecting the running speed), GPU (affecting the game performance), baseband (affecting the network) and other core components of the mobile phone are all in it; The three parts that have the greatest impact on the performance are "CPU single core, CPU multi-core and GPU". This paper mainly ranks according to the performance of CPU multi-core;
CPU key points are architecture (A78>A77>A76>>A75>A73>>>A55/A53), frequency (the higher the frequency is, the stronger the architecture is), and large number of cores (when other things are the same, four cores are stronger than natural two cores);
Although the architecture name is the same, the cache of the super core in 1+3+4 and 1+1+4 structures is generally larger than that of the super core, even if they are of the same frequency, they will be stronger. However, due to the limited space, there is no special note below;
The performance of CPUs and GPUs of products of the same level are generally the same, and there are few cases of "strong CPUs+weak GPUs" or "weak CPUs with GPUs" (after all, manufacturers squeeze toothpaste according to their competitors), but GPUs of flagship platforms are generally stronger. Cross generation comparison shows that the old flagship of the Qualcomm 800 series, the GPU, has two or more generations of performance gap with the mid tier all the year round (the flagship two years ago, even if the CPU is hung by the current mid tier, the GPU can still fight back. This is also the performance of CPU architecture bottlenecks);
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Series, Huawei Hisense Kirin 900 Series, and MediaTek Tianji 1000 Series are all flagship (the numbers are bigger than each other, and Kirin will jump to Kirin 9000 in 2020 to complete the "kill"). At the middle end, the Snapdragon 700/600 Series, Kirin and MediaTek are all 700/800 Series;
Apple's A-series chips and Android's Qualcomm/Huawei Hisense/MediaTek/Samsung Exynos are totally different paths. Since A11, Apple has been a CPU structure of "two big and four small". Its CPU core scale is huge, and Apple's "small core" has been a big core level of Android camp. Therefore, the A series single core is invincible, and the multi-core performance is generally catching up every other year (after all, the Android camp is stereotyped as 8 cores). In addition, Apple has used a self-developed architecture for many years, and its frequency cannot be compared with that of the Android camp.
1. Survival line:
Snapdragon 439 (can only meet the "functional" requirements, and WeChat is a little hard), 4x1.95G+4x1.45G A53. Some strange offline and overseas models are used more frequently;
MediaTek G25 (its performance is slightly better than that of Snapdragon 439, but the optimization gap of superimposed platforms is five to five), 4x2G+4x1.5G A53. The representative work is the 4+64 version of the 599 yuan Redmi 9A.
Snapdragon 820/821.
The first generation Kryo, 14nm, Snapdragon 820 (MSM8996) developed by Qualcomm Real, is 2 * 2.15G+2 * 1.59G, Adreno 530@624MHz ；
Full Blood Snapdragon 821 (MSM8996 Pro AC) is 2 * 2.34G+2 * 2.19G, Adreno 530@653MHz ；
There was also a half blood Snapdragon 821 (MSM8996 Pro AB) that exceeded GPU;
And the residual blood Snapdragon 820 (MSM8996 Lite, 1.8+1.36) with CPU chopping frequency.
2. Food and clothing line (below 1000 yuan, WeChat is basically smooth):
MediaTek G80, 2x2G A75+6x1.8G A55. The 4+64 version of Redmi 9 can be bought for 799 yuan, and many offline models use G80 and G85;
MediaTek G85 changed its name to "deep water here" series after the GPU of G80 exceeded 50MHz;
Snapdragon 662 (successor of U Snapdragon 660), 11nm, 4x2G class A73+4x1.8G class A53, old architecture, weak single core, but at least four big cores. At present, only a few models such as Redmi Note 9 4G are on sale;
Kirin 710/710F/710A (still on sale, but rarely shipped), the first two are 12nm, 4x2.2G A73+4x1.7G A53. The 710A is 14nm, and the A73 frequency is only 2G. All GPUs are Mali-G51 MP4@1000MHz ；
Ultraviolet Zhanrui T7510 (renamed T740, selling point is 5G baseband, Hisense and operators use more customized machines), 12nm, 4x2G A75+4x1.8G A53, PowerVR GM 9444@800MHz 。
3. Well off line (basic life fluency, new products even support 5G):
The SoC at the thousand yuan position is the largest, represented by the four Tianji 700/720/800U/800 brothers of MediaTek (Tianji 820 does not ship much), and the three Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G/765G/768G brothers.
Kirin 960 (2016-17, Mate9/P10/Glory 9/Glory V9), 4x2.36G A73+4x1.84G A53;
Kirin 970 (2017-18, Mate10/P20/Glory 10/Glory V10. The selling point of that year was a very powerful NPU, but it had little impact on the speed experience.) The process jumped from 16nm to 10nm. With the same CPU setting as 960, the GPU was greatly enhanced, and the overall GPU was at the same level as Snapdragon 835;
Xiaolong 835 (a domestic flagship standard configuration in 2017, a generation with high energy efficiency, still has a large number of Xiaomi 6 "nail households"), 4x2.4G category A73+4x1.9G category A53. The CPU multi-core performance is only about 88% of 765G, and the single core performance is less than 70%, but the GPU can kill 765G, yyds！
Tianji 720 (Blue and Green Factory is very fond of using it, and it is everywhere offline), 2 × 2G A76+6 × 2GHz A55, Mali-G57 MC3；
MediaTek G90/G90T/G95 (once compulsorily promoted as "game chip", the Redmi Note 8 Pro in 2019 used G90T, which is often suddenly used by thousand yuan machine manufacturers), the CPUs are all 2x2.05G A76+6x2G A53, but the GPU is relatively strong, and there is no guarantee of heat control, namely, 720 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz (ultra smoke) MaliG76 MC4;
Tianji 700 (CPU performance is better than Tianji 720, Surprise！）， 2 × 2.2G A76+6 × 2GHz A55, at the cost of GPU castration from Mali-G57 MC3 to MC2. But for users who play less games, this wave is not bad;
Snapdragon 765G (the last year's shipment was huge, but the actual performance was average), 2.4G+2.3G A76+6x1.8G A55, Adreno 620;
Tianji 800U (765G of Fage version), A76 of 2 × 2.4G, A55 of 6 × 2G, Mali-G57 MC3@950MHz ；
Tianji 800 (4 big cores are rare, but the frequency is too low), 4 × 2G A76+4 × 2G A55, Mali-G57 MC4。 Multi core is better than Snapdragon 750G, but the single core performance of Tianji 700 class lags behind;
Snapdragon 768G (765G overclocking vest, with the strongest single core performance in the middle end/Xiaokang line. The newly released OPPO K9 and iQOO Z3 are in use, and it is expected that the shipment will be large), 2.8G+2.4G class A76+6x1.8G class A55, Adreno 620;
Snapdragon 750G (with A77 architecture, single core is slightly weaker than 768G, multi-core is stronger than 765G/768G, Surprise! But the GPU can't even win 765G), 2x2.2G A77+6x1.8G A55, Adreno 619;
Xiaolong 845 (2018 product, a large number of hundreds of "foreign garbage" hearts. Multi core is OK, but the single core performance of A75 like architecture is weak, which hinders the experience), 4 * 2.8G category A75+1.8G category A55. The single core is weaker than a large number of Tianji models, the multi core is stronger than the 768G of Snapdragon, and weaker than the Tianji 820, but the GPU hangs on the Tianji 820;
Because there are too many products, Kirin 810, Kirin 820 5G and Kirin 820E 5G, which have low shipments, are not listed together. While Snapdragon 720G/730G/732G (performance between Tianji 720 and Tianji 800U) has no advantage in terms of domestic shipment volume and price at present, and can be skipped directly if seen:
Snapdragon 720G, 2x2.3G category A76+1.8G category A55, Adreno 618
Snapdragon 730G, 2x2.2G category A76+1.8G category A55 (minor upgrade of core architecture), Adreno 618
Snapdragon 732G, 2x2.3G category A76+1.8G category A55, Adreno 618
Huawei HiSilicon 7nm conscience midrange series:
Kirin 810 (Tianji 700, with a huge shipment in the past), 2x2.27G A76+6x1.9G A55, Mali-G52 MP6@820MHz ；
Kirin 820E 5G, 4x2.22G A76+4x1.84G A55 (super core design is canceled), Mali-G57 MP6；
Kirin 820 5G (conscience product, stronger than Snapdragon 768G, weaker than Tianji 820, which is close to the middle line), 2.36G+3x2.22G A76+4x1.84G A55, Mali-G57 MP6；
4. Middle line (full blood 90Hz/residual blood 120Hz)
Tianji 820 (the real mid tier is the strongest, and there are old flagship/sub flagship next to it. The CPU single core is obviously weak, only slightly stronger than 765G, but the multi-core performance is better than Kirin 980 and Apple A11. The GPU is also significantly weaker than that of the Snapdragon 845 and the Kirin 980, only one end of the Snapdragon 768G). 4 × 2.6G A76+4 × 2G A55, Mali-G57 MC5@902MHz ；
Kirin 980 (at the end of 2018, Huawei Mate20/P30/Glory 20/Glory V20, with a huge stock), its single core performance is even better than Snapdragon 768G, its multi-core performance is slightly weaker than Tianji 820, and its GPU is better than Snapdragon 845. 2x2.6G+2x1.92G A76+1.8G A55, Mali-G76 MP10@720MHz ；
Kirin 985 (Glory 30 first launched, and then appeared on nova7 and nova8 series, with huge shipments). Although the core frequency is different from the GPU, its performance is only slightly better than that of Kirin 980 (call it "Good Knife"). 2.58G+3x2.4G A76+1.8G A55, Mali-G77 MP8；
Apple A11 (A11 in 2017: emm？ Why am I in the middle line?), Carried by iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X. Snapdragon 865 level single core performance, multi-core performance close to Tianji 820, GPU and Snapdragon 845 only 50;
Snapdragon 855 (flagship standard configuration in the first half of 2019), 2.84G+3x2.42G category A76+4x1.8G category A55, Adreno 640@585MHz ；
Snapdragon 855+(the flagship standard configuration in the second half of 2019, the super core and GPU overclocking version of Snapdragon 855). With a good model, the single core performance and GPU are slightly better than Tianji 1000+. 2.96G+3x2.42G category A76+4x1.8G category A55, Adreno 640@675MHz ；
Snapdragon 780G (mainly on Xiaomi 11 Youth Edition for the time being, 888 is the same source, and Qualcomm is a rare middle end of conscience). Single core is stronger than Tianji 1000+, but multi-core and GPU are slightly weaker. 2.4G+3x2.2G class A78+4 * 1.9G class A55, Adreno 642;
Tianji 1000+(PDD has many related models with OK prices. The A77 architecture is balanced, but the GPU energy efficiency ratio is low, which is optimized by the manufacturer), the 4x2.6G A77+4x2G A55, Mali-G77 MC9@836MHz ；
Apple A12 (Apple products in 2018, on the iPhone XR, XS, XS Max), the CPU single core is stronger than all Android SoCs below Snapdragon 888, the multi-core is Snapdragon 855 level, and the GPU is stronger than Tianji 1200 and Snapdragon 865 (unfortunately, the iPhone heat dissipation is too tight, and cannot be output continuously);
Kirin 990 series:
Kirin 990 5G (single core is slightly stronger than Tianji 1000+, multi-core is close to early Snapdragon 865, GPU is close to 855+), 2x2.86G+2x2.36G A76+4x1.95G A55, Mali-G76 MP16；
Kirin 990 4G (the 5G baseband is removed, and the 7nm process is weaker. The frequency of the middle core and small core is lower, which can only be compared with Tianji 1000+five five, 2x2.86G+2x2.09G A76+4x1.86G A55, Mali-G76 MP16;
Kirin 990E 5G (process and CPU remain unchanged, but two GPU cores are missing), 2x2.86G+2x2.36G A76+4x1.95G A55, Mali-G76 MP14
Tianji 1100 (Tianji 1000+6nm+A78 energy efficiency enhancement version, and finally UFS 3.1, multi core play better, single core), 4x2.6G A78+4x2G A55, GPU or Mali-G77 MC9.
5. Rich line (free fluency, except for a few apps such as cancer and Yuanshen)
Samsung Exynos 1080 is only used by a few models, such as vivo X60 Pro, and Snapdragon 865, but its energy efficiency ratio is lower (warmer). A78 of 2.8G+3x2.6G+A55 of 4x2G, Mali G78 MP10;
Snapdragon 865 (thank 888 for not giving me the power to fight for another year), 2.84G+3x2.42G A77+4x1.8G A55, Adreno 650@587MHz ；
Tianji 1200 (MediaTek version of Snapdragon 870, super core and GPU overclocking), 3G+3x2.6G A78+4x2G A55, Mali-G77 MC9@886MHz ；
Snapdragon 865+/Snapdragon 870 (the best game SoC today due to its high energy efficiency ratio/888 span) are both super frequency versions of Snapdragon 865. The former has a super core of 3.1G, while the latter has a super core of 3.2G. The graphics performance is significantly better than Tianji 1200. 3.1/3.2G+3x2.42G class A77+4x1.8G class A55, Adreno 650@670MHz ；
Apple A13 (iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 2020 SE), the single core is far away from the current flagship of Android, and the multi-core "only wins" Tianji 1200. The GPU is 50% away from the Android camp of the later year, but the game output continues to suffer due to fierce heat and poor heat dissipation;
Kirin 9000E (the Kirin 9000 of two GPU cores is removed, and the rest remains unchanged);
Kirin 9000 (the most powerful stock in the history of public GPU, full blood G78 MP24), single core is only slightly stronger than Snapdragon 870, multi-core Xiaosheng Snapdragon 888, GPU and 888 five five split (TSMC 5nm awesome!), 3.13G+3x2.54G A77+2.05G A55, Mali-G78 MP24@759MHz ；
Snapdragon 888 (with Samsung 5nm, it saves money, but it consumes power). The X1 architecture core has the strongest single core of Android. The GPU is also super smokey, with excellent extreme performance, but it is really hot. 2.84G X1+3x2.42G A78+1.8G A55, Adreno 660@840MHz ；
A14， Overwhelming omni-directional hegemony, all beings are equal before A14: all are brothers. However, Apple is still too stingy in its heat dissipation and cannot output continuously.
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