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Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Kirin 9025

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
VS
Kirin 9025
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Kirin 9025

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (with Adreno 825 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 9025 (Maleoon 920). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 75%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2314K vs 1325K
  • 23% higher CPU clock speed (3210 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Supports 13% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 68.2 GB/s)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9025
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
Kirin 9025

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 +75%
2314417
Kirin 9025
1325732
CPU 645495 370183
GPU 809405 295489
Memory 372805 434593
UX 486712 225467
Total score 2314417 1325732
Samples [457 tests] Less than 3
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 293.4 MB/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 207.8 Mpixels/sec -
Image detection 152.7 images/sec -
HDR 216.4 Mpixels/sec -
Background blur 23.4 images/sec -
Photo processing 55.2 images/sec -
Ray tracing 7.25 Mpixels/sec -
Samples 50 tests -
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 33.5 images/sec -
Face detection 16.8 images/sec -
Horizon detection 0.62 Gpixels/sec -
Edge detection 0.77 Gpixels/sec -
Gaussian blur 1.2 Gpixels/sec -
Feature matching 0.24 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo matching 70.4 Gpixels/sec -
Particle physics 2750.3 FPS -
API Vulkan -
Samples 35 tests -

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1688 -
Stability 83% -
Graphics test 13 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 7641 -
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 34 FPS -
Section 2 29 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3705 -
Graphics test 22 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15597 -
Video editing score 7750 -
Data manipulation score 13734 -
Photo editing score 26988 -
Writing score 17764 -
Phones tested 8 models -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-29 -> zygisk_AnTuTu 122492219
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-28 -> zygisk_AnTuTu 122478774
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-28 -> alezhouAnTuTu 112513372
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-28 (Alezhou)AnTuTu 112513372
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-28 (Thai)AnTuTu 122607114
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HiSilicon Kirin 9025
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Kirin 9025

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720		 1x 2.6 GHz – TaiShan V121
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3210 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 10 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 825 Maleoon 920
Architecture Adreno 800 Maleoon
GPU frequency 1150 MHz -
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1024 1024
FLOPS 2355.2 Gigaflops -
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12 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 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP -
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 6000
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2025 October 2026
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8735 Hi36C0V110
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site -

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