At the beginning of December 2020, Qualcomm officially announced the presence of its newest mobile chipset, Snapdragon 888. It is stated that Snapdragon 888 will become the chipset for flagship Android smartphones in 2021.
But besides Qualcomm, there are several other companies that have also launched new chipsets, for example, Samsung with Exynos 1080 and Huawei with Kirin 9000. Moreover, the two chipsets also have a size of 5nm.
Many people want to know what is the difference between the Snapdragon 888 chipset and the Kirin 9000 and which chipset provides the best performance.
Snapdragon 888 vs Kirin 9000 (Specifications):
The following are the complete specifications of the two chipsets as quoted from Gizmochina:
Processor |
Snapdragon 888 |
Kirin 9000 |
| Node | 5nm | 5nm |
| CPU | 1 x 2.84GHz (Cortex-X1)
3 x 2.4GHz (Cortex-A78) 4 x 1.8GHz (Cortex-A55) |
1 x 3.13GHz (Cortex-A77)
3 x 2.54GHz (Cortex-A77) 4 x 2.04GHz (Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | Adreno 660 | Mali-G78 (24-core) |
| ISP | Spectra ™ 580 | ISP 6.0 |
| AI Engine / NPU | Hexagon 780 | Dual Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs |
| Modem | Snapdragon X60 5G | Balong 5000 5G |
For the CPU itself, both Snapdragon 888 and Kirin 9000 have the same CPU core composition, i.e 1 + 3 + 4, but what distinguishes it is the use of the type of core. It is known that Snapdragon 888 is superior because it uses the Cortex-X1 and Cortex-A78 which have higher performance.
Meanwhile, in terms of GPU, Snapdragon 888 comes with GPU Adreno 660 whereas Kirin 9000 has a Mali-G78 GPU with 24-core. It seems that in terms of GPU, the Kirin 9000 chipset is superior. Moreover, the GPU benchmark results from the Kirin 9000 are also very good, which produces a score of 6,261 in the 3D Mark.
In conclusion:
The Snapdragon 888 chipset has faster CPU performance thanks to the use of Cortex-X1 and Cortex-A78 cores, but the Kirin 9000 has other advantages from GPU performance and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities. Which chipset would you choose, Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 or Huawei Kirin 9000?
