Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched Kirin 9000 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoCs, developed by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
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 30.42% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (3130 vs 2400 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 26.67% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (760 vs 600 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 35.79 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (762 K vs 561 K).
- Kirin 9000 supports 71.88 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 ( 44 vs 25.6 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 194527 | 177123 |
| GPU | 280796 | 162367 |
| Memory | 146761 | 101455 |
| UX | 140303 | 120496 |
| Total score | 762387 | 561441 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 54% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Score | 6040 | 3089 |
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 |
1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130MHz | 2400MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | 64 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 0.512 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15.3 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Adreno 662 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Pipelines | 24 | - |
| Shading units | 384 | 384 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 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 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 25.6 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3360 x 1600 |
| 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. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 4400 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 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 | May 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | - | SM7450-AB |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 official site |