HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (14 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (2620 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (August 2023 vs September 2025)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
August 2023
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9000S
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
12
Cores
8
14 nm
Technology
3 nm
2620 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
GPU Specifications
Maleoon 910
GPU name
Adreno 840
750 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5.2
Bluetooth
6.0
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
7 W
TDP
-
-
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9000S
1222
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+207%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9000S
3622
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+249%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9000S
923510
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+254%
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