HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8020, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
676837
CPU430571207306
GPU551063171454
Memory212421166898
UX132317131179
NanoReview Score1326372676837
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
3166
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
2761
File Compression155.7 MB/s130.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser101.3 pages/s71.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering117.6 MP/sec101.8 MP/sec
Background Blur11.9 frames/s10.5 frames/s
Photo Processing34.7 frames/s25 frames/s
Image Detection60.2 frames/s51.3 frames/s
HDR95.4 MP/sec84.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.78 MP/sec3.49 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
- 1/2.4 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2.36 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process SMIC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2285 2400
Instruction set ARMv8-A n/a
L2 cache n/a 3 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 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 Adreno 644
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 443 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 256 384
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 680.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 25.6 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 4.0 UFS 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 2560x1600 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 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
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X62
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 4400 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename n/a SM7450-AB

Results

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

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