HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8020, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU430571367514
GPU551063596874
Memory212421300073
UX132317297159
NanoReview Score13263721561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Graphics Testn/a77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression155.7 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser101.3 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering117.6 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur11.9 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing34.7 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection60.2 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR95.4 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.78 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2285 3200
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 16 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Adreno 740
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 1024 1536
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
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 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 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
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution n/a 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X70
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
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 November, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a SM8550-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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