Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series vs Kirin 9050 Pro
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series (Adreno 840 (8 CUs)) 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 V Series
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 86%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3531K vs 1902K
- 49% higher CPU clock speed (4610 vs 3100 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~14%)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
- Performs 31% better in floating-point computations
- Has 1 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1072515 | 579000 |
| GPU | 1108332 | 543500 |
| Memory | 543094 | 440168 |
| UX | 807437 | 319800 |
| Total score | 3531378 | 1902468 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Samples | Less than 3 | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Samples | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-22 (El Bicho) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3349 / 10094 |
| π 2026-09-09 (Mj) | AnTuTu 11 | 3457874 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series and Kirin 9050 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.61 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 | 4610 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | - |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 840 (8 CUs) | Maleoon 955 |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 6 |
| Shading units | 512 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 2457.6 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 | August 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8850-1-AB | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series official site | - |
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