HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9000S and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2620 MHz (2620 MHz vs 2.6 GHz)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (14 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (August 2023 vs May 2026)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
August 2023
Launch Date
May 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SMIC
Manufacturing
-
Kirin 9000S
Model Name
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
12
Cores
8
14 nm
Technology
4 nm
2620 MHz
Frequency
2.6 GHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 910
GPU name
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
750 MHz
GPU frequency
-
-
OpenCL version
OpenCL 2.0 FP
-
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
FHD+ at 144 Hz

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
5G/4G DSDA
Yes
5G support
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5.2
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-

Miscellaneous

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
-
Max camera resolution
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
7 W
TDP
-
-
Instruction set
64-bit
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9000S
1222 +4%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9000S
3622 +3%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501