Kirin 9000
HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
Qualcomm
Launch Date
October 2020
December 2020
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
-
Model Name
Kirin 9000
SM8350
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores
8
8
Technology
5 nm
5 nm
Frequency
3130 MHz
2840 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.4-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Adreno 660
GPU frequency
759 MHz
840 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
1.72 TFLOPS
Execution units
24
2
Shading units
64
512
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
DirectX version
12
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
是
Bluetooth
5.2
5.2
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
-
1 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
AI accelerator
Hexagon 780
TDP
6 W
10 W
Advantages
Kirin 9000
- Higher Frequency: 3130 MHz (3130 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
Snapdragon 888
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: December 2020 (October 2020 vs December 2020)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Snapdragon 888
+17%
1481
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Snapdragon 888
+8%
3794
FP32 (float)
Kirin 9000
+33%
2354
Snapdragon 888
1772
SiliconCat Rating
39
Ranks 39 among all SOC on our website
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 888
