HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9010, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9010 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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 9010
956941
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
819661
CPU326675237856
GPU192332281535
Memory244416125373
UX193518174897
NanoReview Score956941819661
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
Stabilityn/a90 %
Graphics Testn/a25 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
File Compression170.6 MB/s148.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser126.9 pages/s85.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering142.9 MP/sec113.5 MP/sec
Background Blur12.3 frames/s10.8 frames/s
Photo Processing43.8 frames/s28.3 frames/s
Image Detection81.5 frames/s72.7 frames/s
HDR120.2 MP/sec102.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.08 MP/sec4.18 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 88 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 27 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 102 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 107 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 49 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 3.2 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 SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 3200
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Adreno 650
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 670 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS 1536 GFLOPS 1029.1 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 698

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 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 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 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 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2024 yr January, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename Hi36A0V121 SM8250-AC

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