HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2026 vs October 2023)
  • Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3300 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2026
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
Model Name
SM8650-AB
1x 3.1 GHz, 2x 2.7 GHz, 4x 2.2 GHz, 2x 1.75 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
9
Cores
8
-
Technology
4 nm
3100 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 955
GPU name
Adreno 750
1050 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
6
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
-
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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Memory type
LPDDR5X
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Memory frequency
4800 MHz
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Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
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Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
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Storage type
UFS 4.0
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Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
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Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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Instruction set
ARMv9
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9050 Pro
1636
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +34%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9050 Pro
5775
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +23%
AntuTu 11
Kirin 9050 Pro
1902468
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2345563 +23%