HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 9000S
1323
Snapdragon 4 Gen 4
932

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 9000S
4112
Snapdragon 4 Gen 4
2214

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120
3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120
4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 8 6
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 4 nm
TDP 7 Watt 4 Watt
Neural Processing HUAWEI Da Vinci NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 16 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name Maleoon 910
GPU Architecture Huawei Maleoon
GPU frequency 750 MHz
Execution units 4
Shaders 1024
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0
Vulkan API 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160 2520x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps FullHD+@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
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 0.9 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2023 Quarter 3 2025 Quarter 4
Partnumber Hi36A0 SM4450-AF
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end