Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and HiSilicon Kirin 9010
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 8s Gen 3
1481667
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
956941
CPU381423326675
GPU509135192332
Memory338352244416
UX252757193518
NanoReview Score1481667956941
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
n/a
Graphics Test67 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
File Compression228.2 MB/s170.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s126.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec142.9 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s12.3 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s43.8 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s81.5 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec120.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec5.08 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2300
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 7.5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Maleoon 910
Architecture Adreno 700 Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 750 MHz
Execution Units 3 4
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 768 1024
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 1536 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr April, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8635 Hi36A0V121

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
10 (58.82%)
7 (41.18%)
Total Votes: 17

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