Overview - Kirin 9010 Vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Kirin 9010 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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 55
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 70
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Kirin 9010 38
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 63
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Kirin 9010 75
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Kirin 9010 56
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 73
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Kirin 9010 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 305156 374214
GPU 197179 516258
Memory 266091 344248
UX 201408 259884
Total score 969834 1494604
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 30.43% higher CPU clock speed than Kirin 9010 (3000 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 46.67% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9010 (1100 vs 750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 52.73% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9010 (4200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 9010 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 54.11% better AnTuTu 9 score than Kirin 9010 (1,495 K vs 970 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9010.
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 45.45% higher memory bandwidth than Kirin 9010 (64 vs 44 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Kirin 9010 1442
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1999

Multi-Core Score

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Kirin 9010 4471
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5273

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability 85.3%

Graphics test 67 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - QHD+ @ 144 Hz, 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10, HDR10+, HDR Vivid
  • Color Depth - 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

70%
Base Frequency

1550 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
    4x 1.55 GHz – TaiShan V121
    6x 2.18 GHz – Cortex-A510
    1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 12 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 8 MB
  • Process 7 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Maleoon 910 Adreno 735
  • Architecture Maleoon Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 750 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units - 2
  • Shading units - 768
  • FLOPS - 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 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
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K 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 X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.4
  • 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
55%
GPU
38%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

CPU
70%
GPU
63%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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