HiSilicon Kirin 9000 vs HiSilicon Kirin 820

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9000, vs HiSilicon Kirin 820. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and HiSilicon Kirin 820
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 820
494513
CPU242171146219
GPU315801144816
Memory155272101046
UX188275102432
NanoReview Score901517494513
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
6072
HiSilicon Kirin 820
n/a
Stability54 %n/a
Graphics Test36 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
1262
HiSilicon Kirin 820
788
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000
3507
HiSilicon Kirin 820
1972
File Compression146.1 MB/s99.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser90.8 pages/s46.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.9 MP/sec65.3 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s6.16 frames/s
Photo Processing29.7 frames/s17.7 frames/s
Image Detection71.8 frames/s36.4 frames/s
HDR98.9 MP/sec60.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.01 MP/sec2.86 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 81 FPS (Ultra) 58 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 44 FPS (Ultra) 41 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 29 FPS (Low) 27 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 51 FPS (Ultra) 48 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 57 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) 33 FPS (Medium)
Device Huawei Mate 40 Pro (1344x3140) Huawei Honor X10 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.13 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 3x 2.54 GHz – Cortex-A77
- 4x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC n/a
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3130 2360
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 15.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G78 MP24 Mali-G57 MP6
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 759 MHz 850 MHz
Execution Units 24 6
Shader Units 32 32
Total shader 768 192
FLOPS 1165.8 GFLOPS 326.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 31.78 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3360x1440 pixels
Camera n/a 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 5000 Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4600 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced October, 2020 yr March, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9000 the clear winner in this comparison.

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