Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 vs Kirin 8000A
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 (Adreno 710) with the newer 6-core HiSilicon Kirin 8000A (Mali-G610 MP4) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
- Has 2 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~17%)
- Performs 17% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 11 score β 829K vs 682K
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 2200 MHz)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 25.6 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 318469 | 242876 |
| GPU | 114691 | 105675 |
| Memory | 176550 | 131001 |
| UX | 220184 | 203191 |
| Total score | 829894 | 682743 |
| Samples | [10 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 157.5 MB/sec | 110.2 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 69.4 pages/sec | 55.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 111.9 Mpixels/sec | 79.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 56.4 images/sec | 48 images/sec |
| HDR | 91.7 Mpixels/sec | 75.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 9.89 images/sec | 8.47 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 26.8 images/sec | 21.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.35 Mpixels/sec | 3.01 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 7 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 3.39 images/sec | 3.36 images/sec |
| Face detection | 1.73 images/sec | 1.87 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.1 Gpixels/sec | 0.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.15 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.1 Gpixels/sec | 0.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 4.34 Gpixels/sec | 5.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 274.2 FPS | 362.4 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Vulkan |
| Samples | 6 tests | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15769 | - |
| Video editing score | 6291 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 10091 | - |
| Photo editing score | 27293 | - |
| Writing score | 15159 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-08 -> Yuhansnurfw | AnTuTu | 871804 |
| π 2026-07-07 -> Yuhansnurfw | AnTuTu | 853524 |
| π 2026-06-30 -> Rama | GeekBench GPU | 3000 |
| π 2026-06-30 -> Rama | GeekBench CPU | 1002 / 2858 |
| π 2026-06-30 -> Rama | AnTuTu | 829894 |
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 and Kirin 8000ACPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.4 GHz β Cortex-A78 4x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
3x 2.2 GHz β Cortex-A77 3x 1.84 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2400 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 710 | Mali-G610 MP4 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Valhall 3rd gen |
| GPU frequency | 1010 MHz | 864 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 517.1 Gigaflops | 442.3 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 25.6 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 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | - |
| Video capture | 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 2K 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 | Snapdragon X62 | Balong |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2900 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 1600 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2025 | March 2026 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | SM6435-AA | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 official site | - |
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