HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000S, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
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 9000S
823241
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
817003
CPU274900263765
GPU150777261155
Memory231760137609
UX165804154474
NanoReview Score823241817003
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4940
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5916
Graphics Test29 fps35 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
1324
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1139
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4116
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3375
File Compression172.6 MB/s164.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser125.5 pages/s92.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering136.4 MP/sec120.1 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s12 frames/s
Photo Processing45.1 frames/s29.6 frames/s
Image Detection76.8 frames/s65.2 frames/s
HDR118.1 MP/sec105.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.15 MP/sec4.38 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2620 2630
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.6-A
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 7 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Adreno 720
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 975 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 1024 512
FLOPS n/a 998.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 25.6 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 4.0
- UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2880x1800 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
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 Snapdragon X63
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2023 yr November, 2023 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename Hi36A0 SM7550-AB

Results

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