HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000S, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S 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 9000S
823241
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
913477
CPU274900244750
GPU150777305779
Memory231760162981
UX165804199967
NanoReview Score823241913477
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4940
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Stabilityn/a63 %
Graphics Test29 fps34 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
1324
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4116
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
File Compression172.6 MB/s160.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser125.5 pages/s99.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering136.4 MP/sec125.2 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s11.5 frames/s
Photo Processing45.1 frames/s28 frames/s
Image Detection76.8 frames/s68.5 frames/s
HDR118.1 MP/sec87.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.15 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 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 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 2620 2840
Instruction set ARMv8-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) 7 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Adreno 660
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS n/a 1290.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Da Vinci Hexagon 780

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 51.2 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 4.0
- 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 120FPS
Video quality 4K 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 5000 X60
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 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2023 yr December, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename Hi36A0 SM8350

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