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Huawei Kirin 9010S vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Huawei Kirin 9010S
—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
38.6Inno Score
—CPU32.3
—GPU28.5
—Efficiencyspec-based68
0 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9010S1 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9010S 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?

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 9010S versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9010SQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Announced20252026
Process—4 nm
Architecture—Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9010S versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9010SQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Cores—8
Core configuration—4x2.6 GHz Cortex-A78 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock—2.6 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9010S versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9010SQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
GPU—Adreno 812

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 9010S versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9010SQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Memory type—LPDDR4X/LPDDR5

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 9010S versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9010SQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Modem—Qualcomm 5G Modem-RF System
Max download—2.8 Gbps
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth6.06.0

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 9010S versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9010SQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Max display—FHD+ @ 144Hz
Video capture—4K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 9010S versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9010SQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Geekbench 6 (single)—1,097Top 47%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—3,344Top 42%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme—1,241Bottom 33%

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