HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 9000
901517
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU242171367514
GPU315801596874
Memory155272300073
UX188275297159
NanoReview Score9015171561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability54 %n/a
Graphics Test36 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression146.1 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser90.8 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.9 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing29.7 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection71.8 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR98.9 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.01 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 81 FPS (Ultra) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 29 FPS (Low) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 51 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140) ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3130 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 15.3 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 740
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 759 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 24 3
Shader Units 32 512
Total shader 768 1536
FLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
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 AI accelerator Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2020 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8550-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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