HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9000S with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. 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 888

801130

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

1323

Snapdragon 888

1119

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9000S

4112

Snapdragon 888

3680

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-X1 (Kryo 680 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 680 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 680 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors		10300 million
TDP	7 Watt	8 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	Qualcomm Hexagon 780

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2750 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Adreno 660
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	750 MHz	840 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	1024	512
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@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 2x 64MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@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	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.2	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS