HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

VS

Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. 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 9000S

Snapdragon 820

241750

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

1323

Snapdragon 820

318

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Snapdragon 820

798

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510	2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo 2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores	8	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
TDP	7 Watt	11 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	750 MHz	620 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	1024	256
DirectX	12	11.2
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 28MP, 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	0.6 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