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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Hisilicon Kirin 9000

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Kirin 9000
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Kirin 9000

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Kirin 9000 SoCs, from Qualcomm and Hisilicon respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

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 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 5.26% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (800 vs 760 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 35.98 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 (1037 K vs 762 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 ( 51.2 vs 44 MHz).
Pros of Kirin 9000
  • Kirin 9000 has 4.33 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 3130 vs 3000 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Kirin 9000

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 194527
GPU 448381 280796
Memory 172528 146761
UX 166045 140303
Total score 1036722 762387

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 88% 54%
Graphics test 54 FPS 36 FPS
Score 9041 6040

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510		 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2050MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 3130MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 64 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 0.512 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 15.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 4 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G78 MP24
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 2
GPU frequency 800 MHz 760 MHz
Pipelines 3 24
Shading units 768 384
Total shaders 1536 768
FLOPS - 1076 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon AI accelerator

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 Balong 5000
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 7168 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 2560 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 October 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 -
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Kirin 9000 official site