HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

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Kirin 9000
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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
HiSilicon
Qualcomm
Launch Date
October 2020
June 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Model Name
Kirin 9000
SM8350-AC
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.995 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
2995 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
10.3
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.4-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Adreno 660
GPU frequency
759 MHz
905 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
1.8534 TFLOPS
Execution units
24
2
Shading units
64
512
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
DirectX version
12
12.1

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
Yes
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
8 W

Advantages

HiSilicon Kirin 9000
Kirin 9000
  • Higher Frequency: 3130 MHz (3130 MHz vs 2995 MHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Snapdragon 888 Plus
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: June 2021 (October 2020 vs June 2021)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Kirin 9000
+3% 1266
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1230
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Snapdragon 888 Plus
+7% 3778

AnTuTu 10

Kirin 9000
+11% 935199
Snapdragon 888 Plus
845159

FP32 (float)

Kirin 9000
+23% 2354
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1909

SiliconCat Rating

41
Ranks 41 among all SOC on our website
40
Ranks 40 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9000
Snapdragon 888 Plus

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