HiSilicon Kirin 9000
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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: 3800 MHz (3130 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (October 2020 vs November 2025)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2020
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9000
Model Name
SM8845
1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
3 nm
3130 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
15.3
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Mali-G78 MP24
GPU name
Adreno 840
759 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
2.3316 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
64
Shading units
512
24
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.4
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
12
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
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
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 320MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 Gen 5
2804 +121%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9000
3529
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057 +185%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Mate X2
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
621
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
9262
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388