HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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 860
643690
CPU351356189310
GPU288768155621
Memory443211121534
UX211533177225
NanoReview Score1294877643690
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
3456
Stabilityn/a97 %
Graphics Testn/a20 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
988
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
2560
File Compression203.6 MB/s115.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s67.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec89.4 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s7.65 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s26.4 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s53.8 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec79.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec3.58 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 98 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2960
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 10 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.7 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 Adreno 640
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 675 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 1036.8 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 690

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 34.13 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Balong 6000 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 20
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1240 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr April, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8150-AC

Results

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

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