HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 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 9020
1294877
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU351356430571
GPU288768551063
Memory443211212421
UX211533132317
NanoReview Score12948771326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression203.6 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process SMIC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2285
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 10 MB n/a
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 920 Maleoon 920
Architecture Maleoon Maleoon
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 4 4
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 1024 1024
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 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 6000 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range

Results

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Survey

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1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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