HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. 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 625

191

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Snapdragon 625

869

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510	8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors		2000 million
TDP	7 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	Qualcomm Hexagon 546

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	1x32 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Adreno 506
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	1900x1200
Max camera resolution		1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	4.6 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.2	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS