Kirin 8000A vs Kirin 8000

We compared the 6-core HiSilicon Kirin 8000A (Mali-G610 MP4) with the older 8-core Kirin 8000 (custom) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 8000
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Shows better (up to 18%) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 808K vs 682K
  • 9% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 2200 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
682743
Kirin 8000 +18%
808658
CPU 242876 269523
GPU 105675 112296
Memory 131001 211603
UX 203191 215236
Total score 682743 808658
Samples Less than 3 [13 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
909
Multi-Core Score
2420
2399
Asset compression 110.2 MB/sec 129.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 55.2 pages/sec 58.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 79.4 Mpixels/sec 87.7 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 48 images/sec 49.9 images/sec
HDR 75.5 Mpixels/sec 77.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 8.47 images/sec 7.98 images/sec
Photo processing 21.5 images/sec 23.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.01 Mpixels/sec 3.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples - 7 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
2309
Background blur 3.36 images/sec 4.24 images/sec
Face detection 1.87 images/sec 2.43 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 5.15 Gpixels/sec 6.71 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 362.4 FPS 601.9 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples - 3 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 314
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 2 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 9466
Video editing score - 6509
Data manipulation score - 8311
Photo editing score - 18282
Writing score - 12099
Phones tested - 2 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
No benchmark results yet
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-27 (ุฃุจู’ุง ุตูŽุงู„ูุญู)GeekBench CPU909 / 2399
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-25 (ุฃุจู’ุง ุตูŽุงู„ูุญู)GeekBench GPU2309
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-23 (ุฃุจู’ุง ุตูŽุงู„ูุญู)GeekBench CPU909 / 2382
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-23 (ุฃุจู’ุง ุตูŽุงู„ูุญู)AnTuTu768256
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-12 (LilHartod)AnTuTu751382

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Kirin 8000A and Kirin 8000

CPU

Architecture 3x 2.2 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A77
3x 1.84 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A55
1x 2.4 GHz โ€“ 1xA77 H
3x 2.19 GHz โ€“ 1xA77 L
4x 1.84 GHz โ€“ A55
Cores 6 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Manufacturing SMIC SMIC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G610 MP4 -
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen -
GPU frequency 864 MHz 864 MHz
Pipelines 4 -
Shading units 64 -
Total shaders 256 -
FLOPS 442.3 Gigaflops 442.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 3.0 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong Balong
5G support Yes Yes
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2026 October 2024
Class Mid range Mid range

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