HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro 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 9030 Pro (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 59)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 67)
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
HiSilicon

HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro

59/100
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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 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 59.0 Below Average 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 67.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 690190 1112833
GPU 344966 1494722
Memory 580178 442350
Total score 2107301 3950082
UX 491967 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.75 GHz – Taishan v124 Big4x 2.27 GHz – Taishan v124 Mid4x 1.72 GHz – Taishan v124 Little 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 9 8
Frequency 2750 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 2 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Balong 6000 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 197.7 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 19.3 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.44 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 5.64 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.71 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 166.1 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169.1 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 115.1 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 168.6 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 608.9 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 60.4 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.14 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 79 tests
Stereo matching 36.9 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12 12.1
FLOPS 2866.1 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 933 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 6 3
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 1536 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced November 2025 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8850-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro 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 4.0, UFS 4.1 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

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind 2116240 —
2.Huawei Pura X Max 2107301 —
3.Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max 2101808 —
4.Huawei Mate 80 Pro 2084779 —
Phones with Kirin 9030 Pro 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 9030 Pro 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 9030 Pro 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 9030 Pro 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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