HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 439

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Qualcomm Snapdragon 439. 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 439
199

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 9000S
4112
Snapdragon 439
795

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120
3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120
4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 1.45 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores 8 4
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Number of transistors 5500 million
TDP 7 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing HUAWEI Da Vinci Qualcomm Hexagon 536

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 16 GB up to 5 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR3
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 800 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 1x32 bit

Graphics

GPU name Maleoon 910 Adreno 505
GPU Architecture Huawei Maleoon Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency 750 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 4 1
Shaders 1024 48
DirectX 12 11
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
Vulkan API 1.0 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160 1920x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 21MP, 2x 8MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps FullHD+@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 4.6 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps 0.08 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2023 Quarter 3 2018 Quarter 2
Partnumber Hi36A0 SDM439
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end