Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Kirin 9050 Pro
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (Adreno 840) with the newer 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro (Maleoon 955) 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 8 Elite Gen 5
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 11 score β 3950K vs 1902K
- 53% higher CPU clock speed (4740 vs 3100 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~24%)
- Performs 24% better in floating-point computations
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
- Has 1 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1112833 | 579000 |
| GPU | 1494722 | 543500 |
| Memory | 442350 | 440168 |
| UX | 900177 | 319800 |
| Total score | 3950082 | 1902468 |
| Samples | [283 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 421.8 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 238 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 286.6 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 330.6 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 308.4 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 40.7 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 98.7 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 14.1 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 79 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 51.9 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 24.9 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.72 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 1 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 2.04 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.36 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 115.4 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 4390.2 FPS | - |
| API | Vulkan | - |
| Samples | 50 tests | - |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2737 | - |
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 12156 | - |
| Graphics test | 46 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 52 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 46 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 40 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 6490 | - |
| Graphics test | 38 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 31126 | - |
| Video editing score | 8963 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 19422 | - |
| Photo editing score | 62111 | - |
| Writing score | 40875 | - |
| Phones tested | 13 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-04 (fastboot) | AnTuTu 12 | 4280996 |
| π 2026-10-04 (inst1dy) | AnTuTu 11 | 4248808 |
| π 2026-10-04 (Π₯Π°Π½) | AnTuTu 12 | 4092547 |
| π 2026-10-03 (Kapernax) | AnTuTu 12 | 4057598 |
| π 2026-10-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 7 GPU | 16267 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Kirin 9050 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.74 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
1x 3.1 GHz β 2x 2.7 GHz β 4x 2.2 GHz β 2x 1.75 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency | 4740 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | - |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 840 | Maleoon 955 |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 6 |
| Shading units | 512 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 3993.6 Gigaflops | 3225.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Da Vinci |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR6 |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | - |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s | - |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X85 | Balong |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2025 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site | - |
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