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Huawei Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Huawei Kirin 9000
—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
34.9Inno Score
50.1CPU33.1
33.2GPU27.3
51.6Benchmarks49.1
52Efficiencyspec-based32.1
7 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 90002 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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 33
  • Stronger GPU score: 33 vs 27
  • 119% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 1,821 vs 830
  • 39% higher AnTuTu 11 (GPU): 165,066 vs 118,830
  • 29% lower process: 5 nm vs 7 nm

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Announced20202021
Process5 nm+29%7 nm
TDP (typical)—10 W
ArchitectureARM (Cortex-A77 and Cortex-A55 cores)Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Cores88
Core configuration1x3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 + 3x2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 + 4x2.05 GHz Cortex-A551x2.96 GHz Cortex-A76 + 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock3.13 GHz+6%2.96 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
GPUArm Mali-G78 MP24Qualcomm Adreno 640
GPU clock—700 MHz

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
NPUHUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0 (2x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny)Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Memory typeLPDDR5/LPDDR4XLPDDR4X-2133
Max bandwidth—34.1 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
ModemIntegrated 5G modem (SA/NSA, sub-6GHz and mmWave)Snapdragon X15 LTE
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth5.25.1

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Max display—4K @ 60Hz / FHD+ @ 144Hz
Video capture4K4K@60fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 9000 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SpecHuawei Kirin 9000Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
AnTuTu 11878,884+11%Bottom 37%795,334Bottom 31%
AnTuTu 11 (CPU)296,136Bottom 32%294,736Bottom 31%
AnTuTu 11 (GPU)165,066+39%Bottom 45%118,830Bottom 27%
AnTuTu 11 (Memory)199,045+24%Top 47%160,316Bottom 35%
AnTuTu 11 (UX)218,637Bottom 27%221,452+1%Bottom 31%
AnTuTu 12—923,253Bottom 37%
Geekbench 6 (single)—1,037Top 50%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—3,038Top 47%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme1,821+119%Top 28%830Bottom 50%

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