HiSilicon Kirin 8000A vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to HiSilicon Kirin 8000A (34/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 34)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 29)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
HiSilicon

HiSilicon Kirin 8000A

34/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 34.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 29.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 242876 1112833
GPU 105675 1494722
Memory 131001 442350
Total score 682743 3950082
UX 203191 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 3x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A773x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 6 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem Balong Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Download speed — Up to 12500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 110.2 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 8.47 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 1.87 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.1 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 75.5 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 55.2 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 48 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 79.4 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 362.4 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 21.5 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.01 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching 5.15 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec
Samples — 79 tests

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 442.3 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 864 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 4 3
Shading units 64 512
Total shaders 256 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced March 2026 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number — SM8850-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2540

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Huawei Enjoy 90 Plus 682743 —
2.Huawei Nova Y74 - —
Phones with Kirin 8000A AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

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