Huawei Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
50.1CPU41.7
33.2GPU40.6
51.6Benchmarks58.4
52Efficiencyspec-based64.1
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 90003 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9000 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin 9000
- Stronger CPU score: 50 vs 42
Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Stronger GPU score: 41 vs 33
- Stronger benchmarks score: 58 vs 52
- 37% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 2,500 vs 1,821
- 20% lower process: 4 nm vs 5 nm
General
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2020 | 2021 |
| Process | 5 nm | 4 nm+20% |
| TDP (typical) | — | 10 W |
| Architecture | ARM (Cortex-A77 and Cortex-A55 cores) | Armv9 |
CPU
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Core configuration | 1x3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 + 3x2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 + 4x2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 | 1x3.0 GHz Cortex-X2 + 3x2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
| Max clock | 3.13 GHz+4% | 3 GHz |
GPU
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arm Mali-G78 MP24 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU clock | — | 818 MHz |
AI
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0 (2x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny) | Hexagon NPU |
Memory
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR5/LPDDR4X | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max bandwidth | — | 51.2 GB/s |
Connectivity
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | Integrated 5G modem (SA/NSA, sub-6GHz and mmWave) | Snapdragon X65 5G |
| Max download | — | 10 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
Media
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | — | 4K @ 60Hz / QHD+ @ 144Hz |
| Video capture | 4K | 8K@30fps |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTuDifferent AnTuTu versions — not compared | 878,884Bottom 37% | 1,150,000 |
| AnTuTu 11 (CPU) | 296,136Bottom 32% | — |
| AnTuTu 11 (GPU) | 165,066Bottom 45% | — |
| AnTuTu 11 (Memory) | 199,045Top 47% | — |
| AnTuTu 11 (UX) | 218,637Bottom 27% | — |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | — | 1,720Top 21% |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | — | 4,300Top 29% |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | 1,821Top 38% | 2,500+37%Top 31% |
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