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Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

Kirin 9000
VS
Snapdragon 778g
Kirin 9000
Snapdragon 778g

We’ve analyzed the newly launched Kirin 9000 and Snapdragon 778g SoCs, created by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. This comparison highlights the key differences and similarities between these 8-core processors, evaluated through Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and other technical details.

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 778g (3130 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 55.10% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (760 vs 490 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 778g (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 41.06 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 778g (762 K vs 540 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 71.88 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 778g ( 44 vs 25.6 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 778g
  • Snapdragon 778g has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 778g has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000 .

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Kirin 9000
vs
Snapdragon 778g

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 194527 161744
GPU 280796 156423
Memory 146761 90737
UX 140303 131554
Total score 762387 540458

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% 98%
Graphics test 36 FPS 14 FPS
Score 6040 2468

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 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 642L
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 760 MHz 490 MHz
Pipelines 24 2
Shading units 384 384
Total shaders 768 768
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 684 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Hexagon 770

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 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP
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 X53
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
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 2900 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, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number - SM7325
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Snapdragon 778g official site