Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs Kirin 9035
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (Adreno 845) with the newer 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9035 (Maleoon 935) 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 6
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.7x) AnTuTu 11 score – 4945K vs 1811K
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 5 nm)
- 76% higher CPU clock speed (5010 vs 2850 MHz)
- Supports 48% higher memory bandwidth (113.8 against 76.8 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9035
- Has 1 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1393171 | 541759 |
| GPU | 1707388 | 508312 |
| Memory | 746934 | 453112 |
| UX | 1097892 | 308307 |
| Total score | 4945385 | 1811490 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Compute Score (GPU)
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Kirin 9035CPU
| Architecture | 2x 5.01 GHz – 3x 4.03 GHz – 3x 3.74 GHz – |
1x 2.85 GHz – 4x 2.27 GHz – 4x 1.72 GHz – |
| Cores | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency | 5010 MHz | 2850 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.4-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 845 | Maleoon 935 |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Maleoon |
| Pipelines | 3 | 6 |
| Shading units | 512 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1536 |
| 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 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 76.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | 3840 x 2160 |
| 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 - H.266 (VVC) - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Qualcomm X105 | Balong 6000 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 14800 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 4200 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2026 | October 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 official site | - |
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