HiSilicon Kirin 8000
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs October 2023)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (2400 MHz vs 3300 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2024
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 8000
Model Name
SM8650-AB
1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
4x 1.84 GHz – A55
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2400 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G610 MP4
GPU name
Adreno 750
864 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
0.4423 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
-
-
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 8000
1019
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +115%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 8000
3007
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +136%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 8000
666377
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536 +190%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Nova 13
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
316
Redmagic 9S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1840
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Huawei Nova 13 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
46991
Asus ZenFone 11 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
62240
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Huawei Nova 13
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
10251
Lenovo Legion Y700 (2025)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
25201