HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8020, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 845
455674
CPU430571134774
GPU551063137678
Memory21242181181
UX132317102041
NanoReview Score1326372455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stabilityn/a94 %
Graphics Testn/a9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression155.7 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser101.3 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering117.6 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur11.9 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing34.7 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection60.2 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR95.4 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.78 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process SMIC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2285 2800
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 256 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Transistor count n/a 3 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Adreno 630
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 1024 512
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 727 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 685

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 8 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 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
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 X20
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed n/a Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr December, 2017 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a SDM845

Results

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

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