HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs HiSilicon Kirin 980

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs HiSilicon Kirin 980. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and HiSilicon Kirin 980
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 980
591752
CPU351356193866
GPU288768159831
Memory443211114872
UX211533123183
NanoReview Score1294877591752
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2477
Stabilityn/a48 %
Graphics Testn/a14 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
HiSilicon Kirin 980
834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
HiSilicon Kirin 980
2128
File Compression203.6 MB/s94.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s50.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec62.5 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s6.54 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s18.5 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s48 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec54.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec2.59 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 39 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (High)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Nova 5T (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A76)
- 2/1.92 (Cortex-A76)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2600
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L3 Cache 10 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Mali-G76 MP10
Architecture Maleoon Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 720 MHz
Execution Units 4 10
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 1024 240
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3120x1440 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
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 6000 n/a
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes No
Download speed n/a Up to 1400 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr August, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship

Results

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

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
5 (71.43%)
2 (28.57%)
Total Votes: 7

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