HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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 865
758192
CPU242171232691
GPU315801195541
Memory155272142021
UX188275188011
NanoReview Score901517758192
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
3875
Stability54 %91 %
Graphics Test36 fps23 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1117
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
3274
File Compression146.1 MB/s150.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser90.8 pages/s84.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.9 MP/sec109.4 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s10.4 frames/s
Photo Processing29.7 frames/s32.6 frames/s
Image Detection71.8 frames/s74.7 frames/s
HDR98.9 MP/sec102.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.01 MP/sec4.19 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 81 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) 61 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 29 FPS (Low) 30 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 51 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140) Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.84 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 TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3130 2840
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. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 15.3 billion 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 650
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 759 MHz 587 MHz
Execution Units 24 3
Shader Units 32 256
Total shader 768 768
FLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS 901.6 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 AI accelerator Hexagon 698

Memory

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

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K 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 5000 X55
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2020 yr December, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8250-AB

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