Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Snapdragon 782G 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 15.93% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 782G (3130 vs 2700 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 38.18% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 782G (760 vs 550 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 782G (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 23.81 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 782G (762 K vs 616 K).
  • Kirin 9000 supports 158.82 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 782G ( 44 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 782G
  • Snapdragon 782G has 16.36 % higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 782G 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 172419
GPU 280796 233993
Memory 146761 98521
UX 140303 110849
Total score 762387 615782

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% -
Graphics test 36 FPS -
Score 6040 -

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 2.7 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime core (Cortex-A78)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (also Cortex-A78)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1900MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2700MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L2 cache 64 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 0.512 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion 4.68 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 550 MHz
Pipelines 24 -
Shading units 384 512
Total shaders 768 1024
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 906.58 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 17 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x200 MP, 2x64 MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30 FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60 FPS
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 - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 6/6E
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GLONASS, NavIC, Beidou, GPS, QZSS, Galileo

Info

Announced October 2020 November 2022
Class Flagship mid-range
Model number - SM7325-AF
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Snapdragon 782G official site