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 |