HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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 7 Gen 4

1363

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

4197

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510	1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 (Kryo Prime) 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720 (Kryo Gold) 3x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A520 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
TDP	7 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Adreno 722
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	750 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	1024	512
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.0	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	2880x1800
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@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	4.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.2	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS