Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Snapdragon 765G SoCs, developed by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and 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 30.42% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 765G (3130 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 1.33% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 765G (760 vs 750 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 765G (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 765G (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 133.30 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 765G (762 K vs 327 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 158.82 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 765G ( 44 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 765G
  • Snapdragon 765G has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .

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 103525
GPU 280796 93952
Memory 146761 65499
UX 140303 63810
Total score 762387 326786

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 10 FPS
Score 6040 1686

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
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76)
1x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 620
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 760 MHz 750 MHz
Pipelines 24 3
Shading units 384 192
Total shaders 768 384
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 576 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Hexagon 696

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3200 x 1800
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 192MP
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, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 X52
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 December 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - SM7250-AB
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Snapdragon 765G official site