HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. 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 855

518573

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

1323

Snapdragon 855

738

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Snapdragon 855

2593

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.62 GHz – Taishan V120 3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510	1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
TDP	7 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Adreno 640
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	750 MHz	590 MHz
Execution units	4	4
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 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K
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	2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	0.316 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS