HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs HiSilicon Kirin 820

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8020, vs HiSilicon Kirin 820. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and HiSilicon Kirin 820
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 8020
1326372
HiSilicon Kirin 820
494513
CPU430571146219
GPU551063144816
Memory212421101046
UX132317102432
NanoReview Score1326372494513
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
HiSilicon Kirin 820
788
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
HiSilicon Kirin 820
1972
File Compression155.7 MB/s99.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser101.3 pages/s46.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering117.6 MP/sec65.3 MP/sec
Background Blur11.9 frames/s6.16 frames/s
Photo Processing34.7 frames/s17.7 frames/s
Image Detection60.2 frames/s36.4 frames/s
HDR95.4 MP/sec60.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.78 MP/sec2.86 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 41 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 27 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 48 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 33 FPS (Medium)
Device n/a Huawei Honor X10 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
- 1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process SMIC n/a
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2285 2360
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Mali-G57 MP6
Architecture Maleoon Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 850 MHz
Execution Units 4 6
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 1024 192
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 326.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 31.78 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.1
Max. resolution n/a 3360x1440 pixels
Camera n/a 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Balong 5000
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 4600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr March, 2020 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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