Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 vs Kirin 8000A

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 (Adreno 810) 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

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 53%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1041K vs 682K
  • Has 2 more cores
  • 23% higher CPU clock speed (2700 vs 2200 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
  • Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 25.6 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1041898
682743
CPU 416505 242876
GPU 187783 105675
Memory 160701 131001
UX 276909 203191
Total score 1041898 682743
Samples [35 tests] Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 164 MB/sec 110.2 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 87.3 pages/sec 55.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 115.8 Mpixels/sec 79.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 62.8 images/sec 48 images/sec
HDR 97.4 Mpixels/sec 75.5 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 8.47 images/sec
Photo processing 26.3 images/sec 21.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.46 Mpixels/sec 3.01 Mpixels/sec
Samples 15 tests -
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 9.07 images/sec 3.36 images/sec
Face detection 4.32 images/sec 1.87 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.2 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 18.7 Gpixels/sec 5.15 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 687.8 FPS 362.4 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples 13 tests -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14468 -
Video editing score 7782 -
Data manipulation score 11271 -
Photo editing score 22069 -
Writing score 17239 -
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 -> ReservedMold725AnTuTu967362
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 -> ReservedMold725AnTuTu941538
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (solaris.)AnTuTu1067682
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Angedonia)AnTuTu1039119
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Bolota)AnTuTu1019356
HiSilicon Kirin 8000A
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 and Kirin 8000A

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.7 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
3x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
3x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2700 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 810 Mali-G610 MP4
Architecture Adreno 800 Valhall 3rd gen
GPU frequency 895 MHz 864 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 128 64
Total shaders 256 256
FLOPS 458.2 Gigaflops 442.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes 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 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2900 x 1300 -
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP -
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 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 5G 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 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced August 2025 March 2026
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number SM7635-AC -
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 official site -

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