HiSilicon Kirin 9010 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9010, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9010 and HiSilicon Kirin 9020
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 9010
956941
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1294877
CPU326675351356
GPU192332288768
Memory244416443211
UX193518211533
NanoReview Score9569411294877
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
1421
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4323
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
File Compression170.6 MB/s203.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser126.9 pages/s144.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering142.9 MP/sec162.6 MP/sec
Background Blur12.3 frames/s16.1 frames/s
Photo Processing43.8 frames/s51.8 frames/s
Image Detection81.5 frames/s91.2 frames/s
HDR120.2 MP/sec138.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.08 MP/sec6.36 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.18 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 4x 1.55 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Process SMIC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2300 2500
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 10 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm

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 1536 GFLOPS 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 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 3840x2160 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
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 Balong 6000
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 April, 2024 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename Hi36A0V121 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9020 the clear winner in this comparison.

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