HiSilicon Kirin 9030S 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 9030S (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 47)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 49)
HiSilicon Kirin 9030S
HiSilicon

HiSilicon Kirin 9030S

47/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 47.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 49.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 475726 1112833
GPU 246367 1494722
Memory 279480 442350
Total score 1273046 3950082
UX 271473 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Taishan v124 Big3x 2.27 GHz – Taishan v124 Mid4x 1.72 GHz – Taishan v124 Little 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3000 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Balong 6000 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Samples 2 tests 79 tests
API — Vulkan
Asset compression — 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection — 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR — 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing — 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing — 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12 12.1
FLOPS 1433.1 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 933 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 768 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced April 2026 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 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K 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 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-08-07->interno AnTuTu —
📘 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 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max 1622749 —
2.Huawei Pura 90 Pro Max 1617928 —
3.Huawei Pura 90 Pro 1607132 —
4.Huawei Pura 90s Pro 1273046 —
Phones with Kirin 9030S 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

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 9030S Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

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