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Huawei Kirin T92A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

WINNER
Huawei Kirin T92A
37.8Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
37.3Inno Score
40CPU34.8
28GPU27.6
60Benchmarks51.1
—AIspec-based49.3
20Efficiencyspec-based32.1
9 spec wins — Huawei Kirin T92A0 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: Huawei Kirin T92A scores 37.8 against 37.3 for Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. Pick by the categories that matter to you — Huawei Kirin T92A edges ahead in benchmarks and CPU, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Huawei Kirin T92A

  • Stronger CPU score: 40 vs 35
  • Stronger benchmarks score: 60 vs 51
  • 81% higher AnTuTu 11 (Memory): 276,082 vs 152,804
  • 55% higher AnTuTu 11 (CPU): 474,825 vs 306,337
  • 42% higher AnTuTu: 1,225,220 vs 861,546

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

General

General comparison: Huawei Kirin T92A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
SpecHuawei Kirin T92AQualcomm Snapdragon 865
Announced20252020
Process7 nm7 nm
TDP (typical)—10 W
Architecture—Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Huawei Kirin T92A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
SpecHuawei Kirin T92AQualcomm Snapdragon 865
Cores88
Core configuration—1x2.84 GHz Cortex-A77 + 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A77 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock—2.84 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Huawei Kirin T92A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
SpecHuawei Kirin T92AQualcomm Snapdragon 865
GPUHiSilicon Maleoon 920Qualcomm Adreno 650
GPU clock—587 MHz

AI

AI comparison: Huawei Kirin T92A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
SpecHuawei Kirin T92AQualcomm Snapdragon 865
NPU—Qualcomm Hexagon 698
AI performance—15 TOPS

Memory

Memory comparison: Huawei Kirin T92A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
SpecHuawei Kirin T92AQualcomm Snapdragon 865
Memory type—LPDDR5-2750
Max bandwidth—44 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Huawei Kirin T92A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
SpecHuawei Kirin T92AQualcomm Snapdragon 865
Modem—Snapdragon X55 5G (external)
Max download—7.5 Gbps
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth5.25.1

Media

Media comparison: Huawei Kirin T92A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
SpecHuawei Kirin T92AQualcomm Snapdragon 865
Max display—4K @ 60Hz / QHD+ @ 144Hz
Video capture—8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Huawei Kirin T92A versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
SpecHuawei Kirin T92AQualcomm Snapdragon 865
AnTuTu 111,225,220+42%Top 48%861,546Bottom 35%
AnTuTu 11 (CPU)474,825+55%Top 39%306,337Bottom 34%
AnTuTu 11 (GPU)205,592+26%Top 48%162,790Bottom 43%
AnTuTu 11 (Memory)276,082+81%Top 37%152,804Bottom 27%
AnTuTu 11 (UX)268,721+12%Bottom 50%239,615Bottom 39%
AnTuTu 12—939,213Bottom 38%
Geekbench 6 (single)1,517+25%Top 28%1,212Top 41%
Geekbench 6 (multi)4,812+39%Top 23%3,456Top 40%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme1,184+6%Top 41%1,112Top 42%

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