Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9000

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and HiSilicon Kirin 9000 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3130 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (November 2022 vs October 2020)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
November 2022
Launch Date
October 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8550-AB
Model Name
Kirin 9000
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3130 MHz
-
Transistor count
15.3

GPU Specifications

Adreno 740
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP24
680 MHz
GPU frequency
759 MHz
3.4816 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.3316 TFLOPS
1280
Shading units
64
2
Execution units
24
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6.3 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
AI accelerator

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993 +57%
Kirin 9000
1266
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328 +51%
Kirin 9000
3529
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411 +43%
Kirin 9000
2378
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709 +67%
Kirin 9000
925940

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Sling Shot Extreme Unlimited
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro / 8 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
16040
Huawei Mate 40 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6410
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z50S Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1152
Huawei Mate X2
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
621
3DMark Wild Life
ZTE Nubia Z50S Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13757
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
ZTE Nubia Z50S Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3860
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
2060
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro / 8S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
14583
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6774
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
ZTE Nubia Z50S Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
54872
Huawei Mate 40 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
39858
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Meizu 20
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
19449
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
9262
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Asus ROG Phone 7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3713
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
2057