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Hisilicon Kirin 9000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Kirin 9000
VS
Snapdragon 680
Kirin 9000
Snapdragon 680

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest Kirin 9000 and Snapdragon 680 SoCs, from Hisilicon and Qualcomm respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Kirin 9000
  • Kirin 9000 has 30.42% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (3130 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has -31.78% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (760 vs 1114 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (2750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Kirin 9000 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Kirin 9000 has 203.06 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (762 K vs 252 K).
  • Kirin 9000 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
  • Kirin 9000 supports 158.82 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 680 ( 44 vs 17 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Kirin 9000
vs
Snapdragon 680

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 194527 81097
GPU 280796 38425
Memory 146761 68438
UX 140303 63600
Total score 762387 251560

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 54% 99%
Graphics test 36 FPS 2 FPS
Score 6040 443

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 9000 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55		 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2050MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3130MHz 2400MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 64 KB -
L2 cache 0.512 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15.3 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W -

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G78 MP24 Adreno 610
Architecture Valhall 2 Adreno 610
GPU frequency 760 MHz 1114 MHz
Pipelines 24 2
Shading units 384 96
Total shaders 768 192
FLOPS 1076 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) AI accelerator Hexagon 686

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 X11
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 7168 Mbps -
Download speed 4G - Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2020 October 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number - SM6225
Official page Kirin 9000 official site Snapdragon 680 official site