Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Kirin 9000 and Snapdragon 685 SoCs, brought to you by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.
Review
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
Pros of Kirin 9000
- Kirin 9000 has 11.79% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 685 (3130 vs 2800 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 685 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 685 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Kirin 9000 has 182.13 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (762 K vs 270 K).
- Kirin 9000 supports 158.82 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 ( 44 vs 17 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 194527 | 81894 |
| GPU | 280796 | 39122 |
| Memory | 146761 | 77991 |
| UX | 140303 | 71216 |
| Total score | 762387 | 270223 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 54% | - |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | - |
| Score | 6040 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050MHz | 1900MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130MHz | 2800MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | 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 610 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | - |
| Pipelines | 24 | 2 |
| Shading units | 384 | 96 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 192 |
| 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 686 |
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 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| 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, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Balong 5000 | X11 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | - |
| Download speed 4G | - | Up to 390 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 4G | - | Up to 150 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 | March 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | - | SM6225-AD |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Snapdragon 685 official site |