HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 636. 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
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 260 Gold)
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 260 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 15300 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0 Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 16 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 1333 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 509
GPU Architecture Valhall Adreno 500
GPU frequency 760 MHz 720 MHz
Execution units 24 1
Shaders 384 128
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160 1920x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 4.6 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 October 2017 Quarter 4
Partnumber SDM636
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 9000 5G
762886
Snapdragon 636
174837

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 9000 5G
1062
Snapdragon 636
274

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 9000 5G
3724
Snapdragon 636
1129