HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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 870
819661
CPU178879237856
GPU118109281535
Memory128205125373
UX149511174897
NanoReview Score574704819661
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
Stabilityn/a90 %
Graphics Testn/a25 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
File Compression137.2 MB/s148.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s85.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec113.5 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s10.8 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s28.3 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s72.7 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec102.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec4.18 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 88 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 27 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 102 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 107 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 49 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 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 Adreno 650
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 670 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 64 256
Total shader 256 768
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 1029.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
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 Hexagon 698

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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong X55
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr January, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a SM8250-AC

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 the clear winner in this comparison.

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