HiSilicon Kirin 9000
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
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 (5 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (3130 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (October 2020 vs September 2025)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2020
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9000
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
3 nm
3130 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
15.3
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Mali-G78 MP24
GPU name
Adreno 840
759 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
2.3316 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
512
24
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
12
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
-
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, 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 3.1
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
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
AI accelerator
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9000
1266
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+197%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+258%
FP32 (float)
Kirin 9000
2378
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+52%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9000
925940
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+253%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Mate X2
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
621
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
3DMark Wild Life
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
Realme GT8 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
22090
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
2060
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
6031
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Huawei Mate 40 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
39858
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
9262
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
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