HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 8020, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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 855
610427
CPU430571188722
GPU551063172501
Memory212421108871
UX132317140333
NanoReview Score1326372610427
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
3013
Stabilityn/a82 %
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
930
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
2834
File Compression155.7 MB/s129.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser101.3 pages/s75.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering117.6 MP/sec88.8 MP/sec
Background Blur11.9 frames/s8.79 frames/s
Photo Processing34.7 frames/s27.5 frames/s
Image Detection60.2 frames/s62.3 frames/s
HDR95.4 MP/sec91.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.78 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
- 1/2.84 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 3/2.42 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55 Kryo 485 Silver)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2285 2840
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.7 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Adreno 640
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 585 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 898.5 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 690

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 34.13 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 3.0
Max. resolution n/a 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 20
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1240 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
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, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename n/a SM8150

Results

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

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