Google Tensor G5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Compared 2 processors: Google Tensor G5, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Google Tensor G5 and HiSilicon Kirin 9020
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Google Tensor G5
1445942
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1294877
CPU321891351356
GPU490471288768
Memory321568443211
UX312012211533
NanoReview Score14459421294877
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Google Tensor G5
2267
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Google Tensor G5
5712
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
File Compressionn/a203.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a144.6 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a162.6 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a16.1 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a51.8 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a91.2 frames/s
HDRn/a138.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a6.36 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3400 2500
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 10 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model n/a Maleoon 920
Architecture n/a Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units n/a 4
Shader Units n/a 256
Total shader n/a 1024
FLOPS 1536 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency n/a 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2400 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 n/a Balong 6000
5G Support Yes Yes
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2025 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9020 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
4 (66.67%)
2 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 6

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