HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro 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 (7 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (2750 MHz vs 3800 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2025
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9030 Pro
Model Name
SM8845
1x 2.75 GHz
3x 1.72 GHz
4x 2.27 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2750 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Adreno 840
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GPU frequency
1200 MHz
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Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0
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Vulkan version
1.4
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
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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
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Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
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
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 5
2804 +63%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9030 Pro
5933
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057 +70%