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Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

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—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
73.8Inno Score
—CPU67.9
—Benchmarks80.1
—Efficiencyspec-based77.2
1 spec wins — Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro0 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

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

General comparison: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9050 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Announced20262025
Process—3 nm
TDP (typical)—9 W
Architecture—Armv9 (Oryon)

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9050 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Cores—8
Core configuration—2x3.8 GHz Oryon Prime + 6x3.32 GHz Oryon Performance
Max clock—3.8 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9050 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
GPU—Qualcomm Adreno 840 (binned)

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9050 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
NPU—Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9050 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Memory type—LPDDR5X
Max bandwidth—77 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9050 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Modem—Snapdragon X80 5G
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth6.06.0

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9050 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Max display—WQHD+ @ 144Hz
Video capture4K8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SpecHuawei Kirin 9050 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
AnTuTu—2,724,754Top 22%
AnTuTu 11 (CPU)—866,588Top 14%
AnTuTu 11 (GPU)—853,716Top 22%
AnTuTu 11 (Memory)—368,524Top 14%
AnTuTu 11 (UX)—635,926Top 14%
Geekbench 6 (single)—3,000Top 9%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—9,200Top 8%

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