HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8020, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
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 7s Gen 4
854884
CPU430571274580
GPU551063237549
Memory212421154592
UX132317188163
NanoReview Score1326372854884
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1214
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
3314
File Compression155.7 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser101.3 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering117.6 MP/secn/a
Background Blur11.9 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing34.7 frames/sn/a
Image Detection60.2 frames/sn/a
HDR95.4 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.78 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
- 1/2.7 (Kryo Prime Cortex-A720)
- 3/2.4 (Kryo Gold Cortex-A720)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo Silver Cortex-A520)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2285 2700
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Adreno 810
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 840 MHz n/a
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 1024 256
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
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 Yes

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 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 2900x1300 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 5G
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 2900 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename n/a SM7635-AC

Results

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

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
3 (100%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 3

User comments

Share your opinion or ask questions below