Overview - Kirin 9010 Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9010 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) SoCs by and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 12-core and 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 9010 46
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 9010 31
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 9010 75
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 9010 51
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 9010 Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 305156 635739
GPU 197179 1237734
Memory 266091 460296
UX 201408 457187
Total score 969834 2790956
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 46.67% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9010 (1100 vs 750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 93.93% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9010 (5333 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 57.14% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 9010 (3 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 187.78% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9010 (2,791 K vs 970 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9010.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 94.09% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9010 (85.4 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 9010 1442
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 9010 4471
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

57%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

38%
Base Frequency

1550 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
    4x 1.55 GHz – TaiShan V121
    6x 2.18 GHz – Cortex-A510
    2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 12 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 7 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Maleoon 910 Adreno 830
  • Architecture Maleoon Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 750 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - 768
  • FLOPS - 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 3.0
  • DirectX version - 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Balong 5000 Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 4600 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

HiSilicon Kirin 9010

CPU
46%
GPU
31%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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