HiSilicon Kirin 8000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8000, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8000 and HiSilicon Kirin 8020
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
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
574704
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU178879430571
GPU118109551063
Memory128205212421
UX149511132317
NanoReview Score5747041326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
999
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
2948
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression137.2 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser70.9 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering108.9 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur10.3 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing26.3 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR91.7 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.05 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.4 GHz – 1xA77 H
- 3x 2.19 GHz – 1xA77 L
- 4x 1.84 GHz – A55
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process SMIC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2285
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G610 MP4 Maleoon 920
Architecture Valhall 3rd gen Maleoon
GPU Frequency 864 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 4 4
Shader Units 64 256
Total shader 256 1024
FLOPS 442.3 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 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 LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
UFS 4.0
Video recording 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 8020 the clear winner in this comparison.

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