HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs MediaTek Helio G85

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs MediaTek Helio G85. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and MediaTek Helio G85
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
MediaTek Helio G85
263249
CPU35135675141
GPU28876841989
Memory44321167477
UX21153378642
NanoReview Score1294877263249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
MediaTek Helio G85
743
Graphics Testn/a4 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
MediaTek Helio G85
413
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
MediaTek Helio G85
1332
File Compression203.6 MB/s75.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s38.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec44.5 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s3.05 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s12.2 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s23.5 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec43.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec1.75 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 45 FPS (High)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 40 FPS (Medium)
FortniteFortnite n/a 21 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 49 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 51 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 46 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2000
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 10 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Maleoon Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 1024 48
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 96 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 1800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 13.41 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 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 2K 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. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed n/a Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 100 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr April, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename n/a MT6769Z

Results

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

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