Kirin 9000 Vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SoCs by Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Hisilicon Kirin 9000
- Kirin 9000 has 56.50% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3130 vs 2000 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (4 vs 6 nm).
- Kirin 9000 has 96.44% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (762 K vs 388 K).
- Kirin 9000 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1.
- Kirin 9000 Support 158.82% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (44 vs 17 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 18.42% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (900 vs 760 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 194527 | 114597 |
GPU | 280796 | 93082 |
Memory | 146761 | 68776 |
UX | 140303 | 111637 |
Total score | 762387 | 388092 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | - | - |
Face detection | - | - |
Speech recognition | - | - |
Machine learning | - | - |
Camera shooting | - | - |
HTML 5 | - | - |
SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
47%
Kirin 90008%
SD 4 Gen 1Score: 6040
Stability | 54% | - |
Graphics test | 36 FPS | 6 FPS |
Score | 6040 | 1034 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Hisilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1Display
Max On-Device Display | - | FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | - | - |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | - | - |
Color Depth | - | - |
Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
83%
Kirin 900053%
SD 4 Gen 1
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2050 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3130 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | - |
L1 cache | 64 KB | - |
L2 cache | 0.512 MB | - |
L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
Process | 4 nm | 6 nm |
Transistor count | 15.3 Billion | - |
TDP | 4 W | - |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Adreno 619 |
Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 900 MHz |
Execution units | 24 | 4 |
Shading units | 384 | - |
FLOPS | 1076 Gigaflops | - |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | AI accelerator | Yes |
Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 108MP |
Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | Balong 5000 | Snapdragon X51 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 900 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | October 2020 | October 2022 |
Class | Flagship | Low end |
Model number | - | SM4375 |
Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site |