HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

Comparisons 11-03-2021

So, which chip or processor is better? Detailed data of speed tests and benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 9000E vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus, comparison of GPUs Mali-G78 MP22 and Adreno 640.

This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 9000E is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A77) and Snapdragon 855 Plus is octa-core (Kryo 485). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.

From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in synthetic type tests such as Vellamo, 3DMark, Neocore, PCMark, PassMark, GeekBench 6, 5, AnTuTu, WebXPRT 3, GFXBench, Quadrant, Mozilla Kraken, Octane V2, even the gaming performance of chips in Minecraft Bedrock, Sniper 3D, Mortal Kombat, PUBG, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Mobile, Real Racing 3 etc.

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processors is better to buy Kirin 9000E or Snapdragon 855 Plus and which chip is better for gaming: Madout2, CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Asphalt 9.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Kirin 9000E

48%

Snapdragon 855 Plus

24%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Kirin 9000E

78%

Snapdragon 855 Plus

71%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 9000E

45%

Snapdragon 855 Plus

21%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Kirin 9000E	Snapdragon 855 Plus
Total score	678577	336359
CPU	189996	94181
GPU	257866	127823
MEM	108569	53817
UX	122143	60543

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Kirin 9000E	Snapdragon 855 Plus
Single-Core	992	753
Multi-Core	3714	2561

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 9000E	Snapdragon 855 Plus
Frequency	3130 MHz	2960 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	5 nm	7 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	1x3 13 GHz ARM Cortex-A77 3x2.54 GHz ARM Cortex-A77 4x2.06 GHz ARM Cortex-A55	8x2.96 GHz Kryo 485
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	10 W
Memory type	LPDDR5, LPDDR4x	LPDDR4x (Quad Channel)
Max. Memory	16 Gb	16 Gb
Memory Frequency	1600	2133
Memory bandwidth	44	34.1
Neural Processor (NPU)	Yes	Yes
L1 cache		512 KB
L2 cache		1 MB
L3 cache		2 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.1-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Kirin 9000E is 5% better than Snapdragon 855 Plus in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G78 MP22	Adreno 640
GPU Frequency	650 MHz	750 MHz
GFloPS	986	986
# of Cores	22
# of Shader Units		384
Display	2560 x 1600 pixels	2840 x 2160 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile	26.7	30.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	80.3	41.6
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	48.7	61.7
Call of Duty: Mobile	44.1	60.5
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	68.9	32.9
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	100.7	51.7
Real Racing 3	60.9	77.1
Sniper 3D	107.1	135.7
Need for Speed No Limits	87.7	111.1
Mortal Kombat X	70.6	80.2
CSR Racing 2	58.4	80.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	128 MP	192 MP
Dual Camera resolution	48 MP	22 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)		Qualcomm Spectra 380
Video Encoding FPS	60	60
Video Encoding resolution	4K, 2K, FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264, H.265/HEVC	H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, HDR10+, HLG, HDR10

Networks and Navigation

Modem	Balong 5G	Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 LTE modem
Download speed	15000 MBit/s.	2048 MBit/s.
Upload speed	14000 MBit/s.	316 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	Beidou, SBAS, GLONASS, Galileo, GNSS, NavIC enabled, Dual frequency GNSS, GPS, QZSS
NFC support	Yes	Yes
5G support	No	Yes

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 9000E is better: 20
The number of parameters for which Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus is better: 18
You need to know that you should not sightlessly trust the software comparison on the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of parallel comparison and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both chips Kirin 9000E and Snapdragon 855 Plus, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 9000E SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile

• Kirin 9000E specs and review.

Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile

• Snapdragon 855 Plus specs and review.