HiSilicon Kirin 9000s vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Comparing the HiSilicon Kirin 9000s and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

HiSilicon Kirin 9000s

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Aug, 2023

Sep, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(2.62 GHz, Single Core + 2.15 GHz, Tri core + 1.53 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(4.61 GHz, Dual Core + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

7 nm

3 nm

GPU

Maleoon 910

Adreno 840

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	4,033,382 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

N/A	3,733/11,407 View Benchmark Details

Phones Powered by These SoCs

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

HiSilicon Kirin 9000s N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 4,033,382

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CPU

N/A

1,135,707

GPU

N/A

1,497,128

Memory

N/A

539,535

N/A

861,012

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

HiSilicon Kirin 9000s N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,733

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Geekbench Multi Core

HiSilicon Kirin 9000s N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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AnTuTu Score:

There are no benchmark screenshots available for the processor.

General

SoC Brand

HiSilicon

Qualcomm

Title

HiSilicon Kirin 9000s

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Model No

Hi36A0V120

SM8850-AC

Manufacturing

SMIC

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (2.62 GHz, Single Core, TaiShan V120 + 2.15 GHz, Tri core, TaiShan V120 + 1.53 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A510)

Octa core (4.61 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

7 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

N/A

12 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB

16 MB

GPU

Maleoon 910

Adreno 840

GPU Clock speed

750 MHz

1.2 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

256

512

Total Shaders

1024

1536

FLOPS

1536 Gigaflops

3686.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

1.4

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.0

12.1

AI

NPU

Da Vinci

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

2.75 GHz

5.3 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

44 Gb/s

84.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

16 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.0

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Kirin ISP 6.0

Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

N/A

320 MP

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

N/A	Face detection, Auto Focus, Artificial Intelligence

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A	Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD	UHD @ 240 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

240 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP9

H.264 (AVC), H.264, H.265 (HEVC), H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, APV

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Balong 5000

Snapdragon X85

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 4600 Mbps

Up to 12500 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 2500 Mbps

Up to 3700 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, g, n, n 5GHz

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.2

6.0

USB Version

N/A

3.1

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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