HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. 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 835
308375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 9000S
1323
Snapdragon 835
383

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 9000S
4112
Snapdragon 835
1694

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120
3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120
4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
4x 2.45 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 280 Gold)
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 280 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Number of transistors 3000 million
TDP 7 Watt 9 Watt
Neural Processing HUAWEI Da Vinci Qualcomm Hexagon 682

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 16 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Maleoon 910 Adreno 540
GPU Architecture Huawei Maleoon Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency 750 MHz 740 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 1024 384
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.0 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 4.6 Gbps 1 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps 0.15 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2023 Quarter 3 2017 Quarter 1
Partnumber Hi36A0 MSM8998, 8998, MSM8098, 8098
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship