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Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Kirin 9000
VS
Snapdragon 870
Kirin 9000
Snapdragon 870

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Kirin 9000 vs Snapdragon 870 SoCs, designed by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 17.83% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (760 vs 645 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 18.36 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (762 K vs 644 K).
Pros of Snapdragon 870
  • Snapdragon 870 has 2.24 % higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 ( 3200 vs 3130 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Kirin 9000
vs
Snapdragon 870

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 194527 179347
GPU 280796 270188
Memory 146761 98761
UX 140303 95818
Total score 762387 644114

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% 90%
Graphics test 36 FPS 25 FPS
Score 6040 4258

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 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 3200MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 64 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 0.512 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 650
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 760 MHz 645 MHz
Pipelines 24 2
Shading units 384 512
Total shaders 768 1024
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops 1,267 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Hexagon 698

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 44 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 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K 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 X55
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G - Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 316 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 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - SM8250-ACSM8250-AC
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Snapdragon 870 official site