Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Kirin 9000 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SoCs, designed by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Kirin 9000
  • Kirin 9000 has 56.50% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3130 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 96.44 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (762 K vs 388 K).
  • Kirin 9000 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1.
  • Kirin 9000 supports 158.82 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 ( 44 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 8.55 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 825 vs 760 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 194527 114597
GPU 280796 93082
Memory 146761 68776
UX 140303 111637
Total score 762387 388092

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 54% 99%
Graphics test 36 FPS 6 FPS
Score 6040 1034

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2000MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A -
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 619
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 760 MHz 825 MHz
Pipelines 24 4
Shading units 384 -
Total shaders 768 -
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 108MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 Snapdragon X51
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 800 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 900 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 October 2022
Class Flagship Low end
Model number - SM4375
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site