Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Kirin 9050 Pro
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (Adreno 825) 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
- Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2314K vs 1902K
- Higher GPU frequency (~10%)
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
- Performs 37% better in floating-point computations
- Has 1 more cores
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 645495 | 579000 |
| GPU | 809405 | 543500 |
| Memory | 372805 | 440168 |
| UX | 486712 | 319800 |
| Total score | 2314417 | 1902468 |
| Samples | [457 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
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
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
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-01 (Yorik) | AnTuTu 11 | 2477638 |
| π 2026-09-30 (Luis) | AnTuTu 12 | 2422061 |
| π 2026-09-29 (Thai) | AnTuTu 12 | 2603535 |
| π 2026-09-29 (Aasif Juggar) | AnTuTu 12 | 2498485 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Aasif Juggar) | CPU Throttle | 78% |
HiSilicon Kirin 9050 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Kirin 9050 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.21 GHz β Cortex-X4 3x 3 GHz β Cortex-A720 2x 2.8 GHz β Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz β Cortex-A720 |
1x 3.1 GHz β 2x 2.7 GHz β 4x 2.2 GHz β 2x 1.75 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 9 |
| Frequency | 3210 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | - |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 825 | Maleoon 955 |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 1150 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 6 |
| Shading units | 512 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 2355.2 Gigaflops | 3225.6 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 | LPDDR6 |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | - |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | - |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 |
| 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 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 4200 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | April 2025 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8735 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site | - |
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