Huawei Kirin 9000E vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
50.1CPU41.7
32.9GPU40.7
—Benchmarks58.6
52Efficiencyspec-based64.1
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9000E3 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9000E 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 9000E
- Stronger CPU score: 50 vs 42
Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Stronger GPU score: 41 vs 33
- 41% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 2,502 vs 1,775
- 20% lower process: 4 nm vs 5 nm
General
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | 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 9000E | 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 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arm Mali-G78 MP22 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU clock | — | 818 MHz |
AI
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0 (1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny) | Hexagon NPU |
Memory
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR5/LPDDR4X | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max bandwidth | — | 51.2 GB/s |
Connectivity
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | 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 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | — | 4K @ 60Hz / QHD+ @ 144Hz |
| Video capture | 4K@60fps | 8K@30fps |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTu 12 | — | 1,301,568Top 49% |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | — | 1,720Top 21% |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | — | 4,300Top 30% |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | 1,775Top 29% | 2,502+41%Top 23% |
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