Overview - Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Vs Kirin 9010

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 vs Kirin 9010 SoCs by Qualcomm and respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 12-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
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 28
Kirin 9010 55
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 23
Kirin 9010 38
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 86
Kirin 9010 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 46
Kirin 9010 56
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Kirin 9010
CPU 131871 305156
GPU 163570 197179
Memory 114048 266091
UX 94884 201408
Total score 504373 969834
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 27.33% higher GPU clock speed than Kirin 9010 (955 vs 750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 16.36% higher memory frequency than Kirin 9010 (3200 vs 2750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Kirin 9010 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Kirin 9010.

Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9010

  • Kirin 9010 has 4.55% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (2300 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Kirin 9010 has 92.29% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (970 K vs 504 K ).
  • Kirin 9010 Support 71.88% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (44 vs 25.6 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 916
Kirin 9010 1442

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 2106
Kirin 9010 4471

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 1200 x 2520 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

70%
Base Frequency

1550 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
    4x 1.55 GHz – TaiShan V121
    6x 2.18 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 12
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 4 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 613 Maleoon 910
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Maleoon
  • GPU frequency 955 MHz 750 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Da Vinci
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X61 Balong 5000
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

CPU
28%
GPU
23%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

HiSilicon Kirin 9010

CPU
55%
GPU
38%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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