HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and HiSilicon Kirin 8020
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 9000
901517
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU242171430571
GPU315801551063
Memory155272212421
UX188275132317
NanoReview Score9015171326372
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
n/a
Stability54 %n/a
Graphics Test36 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression146.1 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser90.8 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.9 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing29.7 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection71.8 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR98.9 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.01 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 81 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 29 FPS (Low) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 51 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3130 2285
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 15.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G78 MP24 Maleoon 920
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Maleoon
GPU Frequency 759 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 24 4
Shader Units 32 256
Total shader 768 1024
FLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 68.2 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 3.1 UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
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 Balong 5000 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2020 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range

Results

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

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