HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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 888
913477
CPU178879244750
GPU118109305779
Memory128205162981
UX149511199967
NanoReview Score574704913477
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Stabilityn/a63 %
Graphics Testn/a34 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
File Compression137.2 MB/s160.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s99.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec125.2 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s11.5 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s28 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s68.5 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec87.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec4.77 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 83 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 26 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 89 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 112 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 Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process SMIC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2840
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Adreno 660
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 64 256
Total shader 256 768
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 1290.2 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 780

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 24 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 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
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 X60
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 December, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a SM8350

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

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