Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 695

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Kirin 9000 vs Snapdragon 695 SoCs, manufactured by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their 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 695 (3130 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 695 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 695 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 105.27 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 695 (762 K vs 371 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 158.82 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 695 ( 44 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 695
  • Snapdragon 695 has 10.53 % higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 840 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 115765
GPU 280796 93638
Memory 146761 60715
UX 140303 101282
Total score 762387 371400

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 7 FPS
Score 6040 1204

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 2.2 GHz – Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A77)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1700MHz
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 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 619
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 760 MHz 840 MHz
Pipelines 24 -
Shading units 384 128
Total shaders 768 256
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 536 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 eMMC 5.1, 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 AAC, 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 1500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 October 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number - SM6375
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Snapdragon 695 official site