HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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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 8s 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
March 2024
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 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores
8
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3130 MHz
3000 MHz
Transistor count
15.3
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
Adreno 735
GPU frequency
759 MHz
750 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
Execution units
24
2
Shading units
64
786
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
DirectX version
12
12.1

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
4200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
67 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
AI accelerator
Hexagon
TDP
6 W
6 W

Advantages

HiSilicon Kirin 9000
Kirin 9000
  • Higher Frequency: 3130 MHz (3130 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 67 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 67 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (October 2020 vs March 2024)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
+29% 1638
Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
+13% 3991

AnTuTu 10

Kirin 9000
935199
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
+99% 1865243

SiliconCat Rating

41
Ranks 41 among all SOC on our website
32
Ranks 32 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9000
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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