HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
308333
CPU351356104065
GPU28876839362
Memory44321192127
UX21153372779
NanoReview Score1294877308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Graphics Testn/a3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compression203.6 MB/s90 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s46.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec64.4 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s3.06 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s16.3 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec2.52 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite n/a 23 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 65 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 62 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2400
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 10 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Maleoon 920 Adreno 610
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 4 1
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 1024 128
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 285.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Da Vinci Hexagon 686

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 17 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 2.2
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x64 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 6000 X11
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed n/a Up to 390 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename n/a SM6225

Results

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

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