Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
—CPU41.7
—GPU40.6
—Benchmarks58.4
—Efficiencyspec-based64.1
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro0 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro 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
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2026 | 2021 |
| Process | — | 4 nm |
| TDP (typical) | — | 10 W |
| Architecture | — | Armv9 |
CPU
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | — | 8 |
| Core configuration | — | 1x3.0 GHz Cortex-X2 + 3x2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
| Max clock | — | 3 GHz |
GPU
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | — | Adreno 730 |
| GPU clock | — | 818 MHz |
AI
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | — | Hexagon NPU |
Memory
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | — | LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max bandwidth | — | 51.2 GB/s |
Connectivity
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | — | Snapdragon X65 5G |
| Max download | — | 10 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.2 |
Media
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | — | 4K @ 60Hz / QHD+ @ 144Hz |
| Video capture | 4K | 8K@30fps |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTu | — | 1,150,000 |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | — | 1,720Top 29% |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | — | 4,300Top 33% |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | — | 2,500Top 48% |
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