HiSilicon Kirin 9000S 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 9000S (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 41)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 45)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
HiSilicon

HiSilicon Kirin 9000S

41/100
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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 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 41.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 45.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 2 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 432016 1112833
GPU 115680 1494722
Memory 259116 442350
Total score 1062256 3950082
UX 255394 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V1203x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V1204x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2620 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 7 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
Download speed Up to 4600 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Balong 5000 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 172.6 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 11.8 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.21 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 2.75 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.15 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 118.1 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 125.5 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.15 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 76.8 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 136.4 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 311.1 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 45.1 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.15 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 8.24 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12 12.1
FLOPS 1536 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 750 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 4 3
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 1024 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced August 2023 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Hi36A0V120, Hi36A0V120 SM8850-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K 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 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-16(kzz7) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-10-04(Andrey) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-10-09(Jerryk) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-10-14(-waveTech) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-11-15->Guevsace AnTuTu —
📘 2025-12-03(ZzZQT x Invincible) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-12-18(Kirillkas) AnTuTu —
📘 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

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Huawei Nova 12 Pro 1117236 —
2.Huawei Pura 70 1062256 —
3.Huawei Nova 12 Ultra 1030315 —
Phones with Kirin 9000S 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

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9000S 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

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