HiSilicon Kirin 820 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 820, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 820 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 820
494513
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
676837
CPU146219207306
GPU144816171454
Memory101046166898
UX102432131179
NanoReview Score494513676837
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 820
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
3166
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 820
788
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 820
1972
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
2761
File Compression99.6 MB/s130.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser46.6 pages/s71.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering65.3 MP/sec101.8 MP/sec
Background Blur6.16 frames/s10.5 frames/s
Photo Processing17.7 frames/s25 frames/s
Image Detection36.4 frames/s51.3 frames/s
HDR60.3 MP/sec84.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.86 MP/sec3.49 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Low) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 41 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Low) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 48 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 57 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 33 FPS (Medium) n/a
Device Huawei Honor X10 (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1/2.4 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2.36 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process n/a Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2360 2400
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A n/a
L2 cache n/a 3 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G57 MP6 Adreno 644
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 850 MHz 443 MHz
Execution Units 6 3
Shader Units 32 384
Total shader 192 768
FLOPS 326.4 GFLOPS 680.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 31.78 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3360x1440 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 Snapdragon X62
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 4400 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2020 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename n/a SM7450-AB

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