HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 9000 5G

762886

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

1279057

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000 5G

1062

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

1479

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000 5G

3724

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

4952

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 (Kryo Prime) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold) 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	5 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	15300 million
TDP	6 Watt	6.3 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend Lite (2x) + Ascend Tiny (1x), HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G78 MP24	Adreno 740
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	760 MHz	680 MHz
Execution units	24
Shaders	384
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.1	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	4.6 Gbps	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.2	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS