HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9010 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. 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 9010

1408

Snapdragon 801

206

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9010

4284

Snapdragon 801

701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.3 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.18 GHz – Taishan V121 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Number of cores	12	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors		1000 million
TDP		6 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency		933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 910	Adreno 330
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 300
GPU frequency	750 MHz	578 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	1024	128
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL API	2.0	1.2
Vulkan API	1.0	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	2560x2048
Max camera resolution		1x 21MP
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	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.2	4.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS