Kirin 9000 Vs Snapdragon 778g
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Snapdragon 778g 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 30.42% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (3130 vs 2400 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 55.10% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g (760 vs 490 MHz).
- Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 778g (4 vs 6 nm).
- Kirin 9000 has 41.06% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 778g (762 K vs 540 K).
- Kirin 9000 Support 71.88% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 778g (44 vs 25.6 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
- Snapdragon 778g has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
- Snapdragon 778g has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 194527 | 161744 |
GPU | 280796 | 156423 |
Memory | 146761 | 90737 |
UX | 140303 | 131554 |
Total score | 762387 | 540458 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | - | 175.3 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | - | 25 images/s |
Speech recognition | - | 41 words/s |
Machine learning | - | 36.7 images/s |
Camera shooting | - | 34.6 images/s |
HTML 5 | - | 3.03 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | - | 988.8 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
47%
Kirin 900019%
SD 778GScore: 6040
Stability | 54% | 98% |
Graphics test | 36 FPS | 14 FPS |
Score | 6040 | 2468 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Hisilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 778GDisplay
Max On-Device Display | - | Up to FHD @ 144 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | - | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | - | 4K @ 60 Hz |
HDR | - | HDR10+, HDR10 |
Color Depth | - | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | - | Rec2020 |
CPU
83%
Kirin 900063%
SD 778G
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78) 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2050 MHz | 1900 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3130 MHz | 2400 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
L1 cache | 64 KB | - |
L2 cache | 0.512 MB | 2 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
Process | 4 nm | 6 nm |
Transistor count | 15.3 Billion | - |
TDP | 4 W | 5 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Adreno 642L |
Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 600 |
GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 490 MHz |
Execution units | 24 | 2 |
Shading units | 384 | 384 |
FLOPS | 1076 Gigaflops | 684 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Bus | 4x16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 25.6 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | AI accelerator | Hexagon 770 |
Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP |
Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, 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 | X53 |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 2900 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | October 2020 | May 2021 |
Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
Model number | - | SM7325 |
Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Snapdragon 778g official site |