HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
757902
CPU178879258336
GPU118109183669
Memory128205138904
UX149511176993
NanoReview Score574704757902
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1091
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3085
File Compression137.2 MB/s154.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s81.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec109.9 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s25 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s55.8 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec93 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec4.14 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2300
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Adreno 810
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 895 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 64 128
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 458.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 25.6 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 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 3360x1600 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
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 Qualcomm X62 5G
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 2900 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr February, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename n/a SM6650

Results

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