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Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

Kirin 9000
VS
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Kirin 9000
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Kirin 9000 versus Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoCs, brought to you by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed technical specifications.

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 42.27% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (3130 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 93.80 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (762 K vs 393 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 100.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 ( 44 vs 22 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Kirin 9000
vs
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 194527 105049
GPU 280796 110865
Memory 146761 90267
UX 140303 87211
Total score 762387 393392

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% -
Graphics test 36 FPS -
Score 6040 -

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		 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 760 MHz -
Pipelines 24 -
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 Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 22 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 X62
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 September 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - SM6450
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site