Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 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 8s Gen 4
2082208
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
901517
CPU475806242171
GPU881311315801
Memory390065155272
UX335026188275
NanoReview Score2082208901517
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Stabilityn/a54 %
Graphics Testn/a36 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
File Compression293.2 MB/s146.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/s90.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/sec113.9 MP/sec
Background Blur24.1 frames/s11.8 frames/s
Photo Processing63.9 frames/s29.7 frames/s
Image Detection154.6 frames/s71.8 frames/s
HDR217.4 MP/sec98.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.01 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 - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 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 3210 3130
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 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 825 Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 759 MHz
Execution Units 2 24
Shader Units 512 32
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 Hexagon AI accelerator

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 44 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 4.0 UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Balong 5000
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr October, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8735 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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