HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2026 vs May 2022)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3200 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2026
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
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HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1x 3.1 GHz, 2x 2.7 GHz, 4x 2.2 GHz, 2x 1.75 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
9
Cores
8
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Technology
4 nm
3100 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 955
GPU name
Adreno 730
1050 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
6
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
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Vulkan version
1.1
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Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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DirectX version
12

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
-
Bluetooth 6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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Memory type
LPDDR5
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Memory frequency
3200 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 3.1
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Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
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Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9050 Pro
1636
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665 +2%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9050 Pro
5775 +37%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AntuTu 11
Kirin 9050 Pro
1902468 +34%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1420808