HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
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 990 (5G)
714339
CPU351356223187
GPU288768212580
Memory443211140763
UX211533137809
NanoReview Score1294877714339
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3286
Stabilityn/a55 %
Graphics Testn/a19 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (5G)
3146
File Compression203.6 MB/s133.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s76.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec114.7 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s62.2 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec4 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 44 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 30 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Huawei Honor 30 Pro Plus (1200x2640)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 2x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2860
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 10 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 8 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 MP16
Architecture Maleoon Bifrost 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 4 16
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 1024 384
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 460.8 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 Da Vinci

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 12 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 3360x1440 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
- VC-1
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 6000 Balong 5000
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 4600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr October, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship

Results

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

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