HiSilicon Kirin 980

The HiSilicon Kirin 980 operates with:

CPU Cores 8.

CPU Threads: 8.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 1.90 GHz base 2.60 GHz all cores.

TDP: 6 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: N/A.

This version includes

2.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 4 memory channels to support LPDDR4X-2133 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 7 nm

Virtualization None.

The product was released on Q4/2018.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

HiSilicon Kirin 980

Family:

HiSilicon Kirin

CPU group:

HiSilicon Kirin 980

Predecessor:

Segment:

Mobile

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

1.80 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

1.90 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Core architecture:

hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

LPDDR4X-2133

PCIe version:

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

LPDDR4X-2133

GPU name:

ARM Mali-G76 MP10

GPU frequency:

0.72 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

No turbo

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

160

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

7 nm

Release date:

Q3/2018

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

None

L3-Cache:

2.00 MB

Release date:

Q4/2018

Socket:

N/A

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

6 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

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