Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Hisilicon Kirin 9000

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Kirin 9000 SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Hisilicon 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 Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 2.24% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (3200 vs 3130 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 18.42% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (900 vs 760 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 44.01 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 (1098 K vs 762 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 16.36 % higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 ( 51.2 vs 44 MHz).

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 243697 194527
GPU 478120 280796
Memory 191931 146761
UX 184166 140303
Total score 1097914 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 69% 54%
Graphics test 59 FPS 36 FPS
Score 9875 6040

Specifications

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

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 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 2000MHz 2050MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 3130MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 64 KB
L2 cache - 0.512 MB
L3 cache 6 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 900 MHz 760 MHz
Pipelines - 24
Shading units - 384
Total shaders - 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 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G - Up to 2560 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 October 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number - -
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Kirin 9000 official site