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Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 vs Kirin 9030S

Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
VS
Kirin 9030S
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
Kirin 9030S

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 (with Adreno 810 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 9030S (Maleoon 935F). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

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 5 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9030S
  • Performs 3.1x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1273K vs 1041K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
vs
Kirin 9030S

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1041898
Kirin 9030S +22%
1273046
CPU 416505 475726
GPU 187783 246367
Memory 160701 279480
UX 276909 271473
Total score 1041898 1273046
Samples [35 tests] [2 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 164 MB/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 87.3 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 115.8 Mpixels/sec -
Image detection 62.8 images/sec -
HDR 97.4 Mpixels/sec -
Background blur 12.3 images/sec -
Photo processing 26.3 images/sec -
Ray tracing 4.46 Mpixels/sec -
Samples 15 tests 2 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 9.07 images/sec -
Face detection 4.32 images/sec -
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec -
Edge detection 0.2 Gpixels/sec -
Gaussian blur 0.33 Gpixels/sec -
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo matching 18.7 Gpixels/sec -
Particle physics 687.8 FPS -
API Vulkan -
Samples 13 tests 3 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
Add View all (36)
HiSilicon Kirin 9030S
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 -> internoAnTuTu1273046
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 and Kirin 9030S

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)		 1x 2.7 GHz – Taishan v124 Big
3x 2.15 GHz – Taishan v124 Mid
4x 1.62 GHz – Taishan v124 Little
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2700 MHz 2700 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 4 MB
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 810 Maleoon 935F
Architecture Adreno 800 Maleoon
GPU frequency 895 MHz 933 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 256 768
FLOPS 458.2 Gigaflops 1433.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Da Vinci

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 2900 x 1300 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP -
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K 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 6000
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 3500 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 April 2026
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number SM7635-AC -
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 official site -

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