HiSilicon Kirin 9000S vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

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

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S 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 9000S
823241
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU274900430571
GPU150777551063
Memory231760212421
UX165804132317
NanoReview Score8232411326372
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4940
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
n/a
Graphics Test29 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
1324
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
4116
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression172.6 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser125.5 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering136.4 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur11.8 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing45.1 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection76.8 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR118.1 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.15 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.62 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process SMIC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2620 2285
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 7 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 910 Maleoon 920
Architecture Maleoon Maleoon
GPU Frequency 750 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 4 4
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 1024 1024
FLOPS n/a 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Da Vinci 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
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
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2023 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename Hi36A0 n/a

Results

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

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