Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs Kirin 9050 Pro
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (Adreno 845) with the older 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 6
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 7 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.6x) AnTuTu 11 score – 4945K vs 1902K
- 62% higher CPU clock speed (5010 vs 3100 MHz)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
- Has 1 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1393171 | 579000 |
| GPU | 1707388 | 543500 |
| Memory | 746934 | 440168 |
| UX | 1097892 | 319800 |
| Total score | 4945385 | 1902468 |
| 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 9050 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 5.01 GHz – 3x 4.03 GHz – 3x 3.74 GHz – |
1x 3.1 GHz – 2x 2.7 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz – 2x 1.75 GHz – |
| Cores | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency | 5010 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.4-A | - |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 845 | Maleoon 955 |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | - | 1050 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 6 |
| Shading units | 512 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | - | 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 24 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | - |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 |
| 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 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 14800 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 4200 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2026 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 official site | - |
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