HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs October 2024)
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4000 MHz (2750 MHz vs 4000 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2025
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9030 Pro
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
Architecture
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X5
6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2750 MHz
Frequency
4000 MHz

GPU Specifications

3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
-
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K 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 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
1717
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902 +69%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840 +66%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9030 Pro
1785744
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241 +79%
AntuTu 11
Kirin 9030 Pro
1725229
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3126402 +81%