Huawei Kirin 9000E vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
50.1CPU33.1
32.9GPU27.3
—Benchmarks49.1
52Efficiencyspec-based32.1
3 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9000E1 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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 33
- Stronger GPU score: 33 vs 27
- 114% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 1,775 vs 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
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2020 | 2021 |
| Process | 5 nm+29% | 7 nm |
| TDP (typical) | — | 10 W |
| Architecture | ARM (Cortex-A77 and Cortex-A55 cores) | Armv8.2 |
CPU
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Core configuration | 1x3.13 GHz Cortex-A77 + 3x2.54 GHz Cortex-A77 + 4x2.05 GHz Cortex-A55 | 1x2.96 GHz Cortex-A76 + 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 |
| Max clock | 3.13 GHz+6% | 2.96 GHz |
GPU
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arm Mali-G78 MP22 | Qualcomm Adreno 640 |
| GPU clock | — | 700 MHz |
AI
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture 2.0 (1x Ascend Lite + 1x Ascend Tiny) | Qualcomm Hexagon 690 |
Memory
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR5/LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X-2133 |
| Max bandwidth | — | 34.1 GB/s |
Connectivity
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | Integrated 5G modem (SA/NSA, sub-6GHz and mmWave) | Snapdragon X15 LTE |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.1 |
Media
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | — | 4K @ 60Hz / FHD+ @ 144Hz |
| Video capture | 4K@60fps | 4K@60fps |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9000E | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTu | — | 795,334Bottom 31% |
| AnTuTu 11 (CPU) | — | 294,736Bottom 31% |
| AnTuTu 11 (GPU) | — | 118,830Bottom 27% |
| AnTuTu 11 (Memory) | — | 160,316Bottom 35% |
| AnTuTu 11 (UX) | — | 221,452Bottom 31% |
| AnTuTu 12 | — | 923,253Bottom 37% |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | — | 1,037Top 50% |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | — | 3,038Top 47% |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | 1,775+114%Top 29% | 830Bottom 50% |
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