Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Kirin 9010
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (with Adreno 750 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 9010 (Maleoon 910). 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 Gen 3
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score β 2345K vs 1177K
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
- Performs 81% better in floating-point computations
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Kirin 9010
- 43% higher CPU clock speed (3300 vs 2300 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~33%)
- Better instruction set architecture
- Supports 13% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 68.2 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 700525 | 512832 |
| GPU | 805478 | 131160 |
| Memory | 296043 | 270499 |
| UX | 543517 | 262705 |
| Total score | 2345563 | 1177196 |
| Samples | [443 tests] | [25 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 256.8 MB/sec | 170.6 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 190.9 pages/sec | 126.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 209.1 Mpixels/sec | 142.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 168.6 images/sec | 81.5 images/sec |
| HDR | 208.6 Mpixels/sec | 120.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 24 images/sec | 12.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 63.6 images/sec | 43.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 7.27 Mpixels/sec | 5.08 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 139 tests | 4 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 26.9 images/sec | 5.55 images/sec |
| Face detection | 13.2 images/sec | 3.09 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.7 Gpixels/sec | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.61 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.98 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 43.4 Gpixels/sec | 10.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3083.6 FPS | 364.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Vulkan |
| Samples | 90 tests | 4 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1652 | - |
| Stability | 79% | - |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 8190 | - |
| Stability | 72% | - |
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 26 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 4676 | 1393 |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | 8 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16536 | 8954 |
| Video editing score | 7905 | 5507 |
| Data manipulation score | 14260 | 9506 |
| Photo editing score | 31248 | 20710 |
| Writing score | 19168 | 13994 |
| Phones tested | 41 models | Less than 3 |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-28 (adu) | AnTuTu 12 | 2540576 |
| π 2026-10-28 -> number05 | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1309 / 5076 |
| π 2026-10-27 (Mihir) | AnTuTu 12 | 2230035 |
| π 2026-10-26 -> vvalakis | AnTuTu 12 | 2551028 |
| π 2026-10-25 (Thien) | AnTuTu 12 | 2492218 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-14 -> pivozavrik | Geekbench 6 GPU | 2440 |
| π 2026-09-14 -> pivozavrik | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1429 / 4124 |
| π 2026-09-14 -> pivozavrik | AnTuTu 11 | 1210912 |
| π 2026-08-01 (Ridnitxx) | AnTuTu 11 | 1234325 |
| π 2026-06-30 -> zrewzqq | AnTuTu 11 | 1160750 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Kirin 9010CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz β Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz β Cortex-A720 2x 2.27 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
1x 2.3 GHz β TaiShan V121 3x 2.18 GHz β TaiShan V121 4x 1.55 GHz β Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 750 | Maleoon 910 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 903-1000 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 2774 Gigaflops | 1536 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Da Vinci |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 68.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| 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 X75 | Balong 5000 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 4600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2023 | April 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC | Hi36A0V121 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - HiSilicon Kirin 9020 |
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3:
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy has a 100 MHz higher CPU and GPU clock speed. It has a higher GPU performance rate of up to 3072 Gigaflops.
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