Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V1203x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V1204x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
4610 MHz
2620 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
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L2 cache
24 MB
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L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
TDP
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7 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Maleoon 910
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
750 MHz
Shading units
512
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
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2750 MHz
Max bandwidth
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44 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
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Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
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Yes
Max display resolution
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3840 x 2160
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Download speed
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Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed
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Up to 2500 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Aug 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8850
Hi36A0
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
903,932
Geekbench 6
3,834
1,334
Geekbench 6
12,396
4,128
FP32 (float)
3,686
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