HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to HiSilicon Kirin 8000 (36/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 36)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 32)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 36.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 32.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 2 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 98% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 269523 1112833
GPU 112296 1494722
Memory 211603 442350
Total score 808658 3950082
UX 215236 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L4x 1.84 GHz – A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2400 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Modem Balong Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Download speed — Up to 12500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 129.7 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 7.98 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.24 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 2.43 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.13 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 77.9 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 58.5 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 49.9 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 87.7 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 601.9 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 23.6 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.69 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 6.71 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 442.3 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 864 MHz 1200 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced October 2024 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number — SM8850-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2540

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 8311 15949
Phones tested 2 models 13 models
Photo editing score 18282 40273
Video editing score 6509 8052
Web score 9466 16855
Writing score 12099 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-01-16(S_Bass) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-01-17(Oguzok_th) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-13(David Albon) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-12(LilHartod) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-23(أبْا صَالِحُ) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-07-25(أبْا صَالِحُ) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-07-27(أبْا صَالِحُ) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8000 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Huawei Nova 13 Pro 832125 —
2.Huawei Nova 14 810759 —
3.Huawei Nova 13 808658 —
4.Huawei Enjoy 90 Pro Max 804373 —
5.Huawei Nova 15 Max 768256 —
6.Huawei Nova 14 Lite 729973 —
Phones with Kirin 8000 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

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