HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and HiSilicon Kirin 9000
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
574704
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
901517
CPU178879242171
GPU118109315801
Memory128205155272
UX149511188275
NanoReview Score574704901517
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Stabilityn/a54 %
Graphics Testn/a36 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
File Compression137.2 MB/s146.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s90.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec113.9 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s11.8 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s29.7 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s71.8 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec98.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 81 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 29 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 3130
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 15.3 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 759 MHz
Execution Units 4 24
Shader Units 64 32
Total shader 256 768
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes AI accelerator

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 3840x2160 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong Balong 5000
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr October, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9000 the clear winner in this comparison.

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