Kirin 9000 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9000 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 5.43% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (3300 vs 3130 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 1.32% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9000 (770 vs 760 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 74.55% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9000 (4800 vs 2750 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 176.67% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9000 (2,109 K vs 762 K ).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9000.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 75.00% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9000 (77 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 194527 | 495720 |
| GPU | 280796 | 914123 |
| Memory | 146761 | 361002 |
| UX | 140303 | 338475 |
| Total score | 762387 | 2109320 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | - |
| Face detection | - | - |
| Speech recognition | - | - |
| Machine learning | - | - |
| Camera shooting | - | - |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
47%
Kirin 90000%
sd 8 Gen 3Score: 6040
| Stability | 54% | - |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | - |
| Score | 6040 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Hisilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Display
| Max On-Device Display | - | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | - | 8K @ 30 Hz |
| HDR | - | HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | - | 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | - | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
83%
Kirin 900087%
sd 8 Gen 3
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 |
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2050 MHz | 2260 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3130 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 0.512 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor count | 15.3 Billion | - |
| TDP | 4 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G78 MP24 | Adreno 750 |
| Architecture | Valhall 2 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 760 MHz | 770 MHz |
| Execution units | 24 | - |
| Shading units | 384 | - |
| FLOPS | 1076 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 77 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI accelerator | Hexagon |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 | Snapdragon X75 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | October 2020 | October 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | SM8650-AB |
| Official page | Kirin 9000 official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site |
Hisilicon Kirin 9000
48.75
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
68.25
Review By TenzysTech
