Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Kirin 9050 Pro
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (Adreno 740) 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 HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
- Higher GPU frequency (~54%)
- Performs 54% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
- Has 1 more cores
- Shows better (up to 8%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1902K vs 1757K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 553922 | 579000 |
| GPU | 434880 | 543500 |
| Memory | 311861 | 440168 |
| UX | 456381 | 319800 |
| Total score | 1757044 | 1902468 |
| Samples | [238 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 218.9 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 145.2 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 168.3 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 133 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 167.2 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 18.8 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 34.5 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 5.78 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 132 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 12.3 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 5.1 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.53 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 0.56 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 0.36 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.12 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 32.6 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 2177.4 FPS | - |
| API | OpenCL | - |
| Samples | 66 tests | - |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1092 | - |
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 5312 | - |
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 3667 | - |
| Stability | 45% | - |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13957 | - |
| Video editing score | 7265 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 14272 | - |
| Photo editing score | 32179 | - |
| Writing score | 17828 | - |
| Phones tested | 9 models | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 90 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 118 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 120 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Device | ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro 1116 x 2480 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-07 (Lello75) | CPU Throttle | 86% |
| π 2026-10-07 (Azure) | AnTuTu 12 | 1945847 |
| π 2026-10-07 (Brbrpotopim) | AnTuTu 12 | 1997922 |
| π 2026-10-06 (Π‘Π°Π½Ρ) | AnTuTu 12 | 1780927 |
| π 2026-10-05 -> KarlderaL | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2065 / 5707 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Kirin 9050 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz β Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz β Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz β Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz β Cortex-A510 |
1x 3.1 GHz β 2x 2.7 GHz β 4x 2.2 GHz β 2x 1.75 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency | 3200 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 16 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8.5 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 740 | Maleoon 955 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 680 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 6 |
| Shading units | 512 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 2089 Gigaflops | 3225.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Da Vinci |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR6 |
| Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | - |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | 67.2 Gb/s | - |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 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 X70 | Balong |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2022 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8550-AB | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - |
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2:
- There's also the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy," which only differs by having a 160 MHz higher CPU clock and a 39 MHz higher GPU clock, resulting in 2208.8 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.
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