Overview - 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Kirin 9000 41
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 22
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 9000 36
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 16
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 9000 86
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 9000 54
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 39
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 9000 Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
CPU 194527 114597
GPU 280796 93082
Memory 146761 68776
UX 140303 111637
Total score 762387 388092
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 8.55% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (825 vs 760 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 9000 1054
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 620

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 9000 3724
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 1835

3DMark

Stability 54%

Graphics test 36 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

83%
Turbo Clock Speed

3130 MHz

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

93%
Base Frequency

2050 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • 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
  • 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 -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 619
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 760 MHz 825 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
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Balong 5000 Snapdragon X51
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Hisilicon Kirin 9000

CPU
41%
GPU
36%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

CPU
22%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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