Kirin 9000
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
Qualcomm
Launch Date
October 2020
October 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 9000
SM8650-AB
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X45x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores
8
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3130 MHz
3300 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Adreno 750
GPU frequency
759 MHz
770 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
24
-
Shading units
64
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
DirectX version
12
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.2
5.4
Wi-Fi
6
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4800 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
64 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1
UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
AI accelerator
Hexagon
TDP
6 W
-
Advantages
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3130 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (October 2020 vs October 2023)
AnTuTu 10
Score
Kirin 9000
892503
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+128%
2037315
Performance
CPU
Score
239749
448936
GPU
Score
312643
886114
Memory
Score
153719
356714
UX
Score
186392
345551
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Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+73%
2192
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+101%
7085
SiliconCat Rating
46
Ranks 46 among all SOC on our website
15
Ranks 15 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
