HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9010 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. 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 8s Gen 4
2171

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 9010
4284
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6935

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.3 GHz – Taishan V121
6x 2.18 GHz – Taishan V121
4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Number of cores 12 3
Instruction Set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Neural Processing HUAWEI Da Vinci Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 16 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name Maleoon 910 Adreno 825
GPU Architecture Huawei Maleoon Qualcomm Adreno 800
GPU frequency 750 MHz 1150 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 1024 1024
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
Vulkan API 1.0 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 4.6 Gbps 4.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2024 Quarter 2 2025 Quarter 2
Partnumber Hi36A0V121 SM8735
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship