Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and HiSilicon Kirin 9000
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
348982
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
901517
CPU116467242171
GPU43728315801
Memory109871155272
UX78916188275
NanoReview Score348982901517
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Stability99 %54 %
Graphics Test3 fps36 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
File Compression100 MB/s146.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s90.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec113.9 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s11.8 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s29.7 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s71.8 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec98.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 81 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 29 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 51 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 Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 3130
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 6 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 15.3 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 Adreno 610 Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 759 MHz
Execution Units 1 24
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 128 768
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 686 AI accelerator

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels n/a
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr October, 2020 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9000 the clear winner in this comparison.

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