HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 480. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 460 Gold)
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 460 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Number of transistors 15300 million
TDP 6 Watt 3 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0 Qualcomm Hexagon 686

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 16 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 619
GPU Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
GPU frequency 760 MHz 950 MHz
Execution units 24 2
Shaders 384 128
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160 2520x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps FullHD@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 4.6 Gbps 2.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps 0.66 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 October 2021 Quarter 1
Partnumber SM4350
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 9000 5G
762886
Snapdragon 480
323853

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 9000 5G
1062
Snapdragon 480
504

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 9000 5G
3724
Snapdragon 480
1643