HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 351356 | 475806 |
| GPU | 288768 | 881311 |
| Memory | 443211 | 390065 |
| UX | 211533 | 335026 |
| NanoReview Score | 1294877 | 2082208 |
| File Compression | 203.6 MB/s | 293.2 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 144.6 pages/s | 196.7 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 162.6 MP/sec | 221.6 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 16.1 frames/s | 24.1 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 51.8 frames/s | 63.9 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 91.2 frames/s | 154.6 frames/s |
| HDR | 138.7 MP/sec | 217.4 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 6.36 MP/sec | 8.01 MP/sec |
Processor
| Architecture | - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121 - 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120 - 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little |
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4 - 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720 - 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 - 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720 |
| Process | SMIC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2500 | 3210 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| L3 Cache | 10 MB | n/a |
| Process tech. | 7 nm | 4 nm |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Maleoon 920 | Adreno 825 |
| Architecture | Maleoon | Adreno 800 |
| GPU Frequency | 840 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| Execution Units | 4 | 2 |
| Shader Units | 256 | 512 |
| Total shader | 1024 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 1720.3 GFLOPS | 2355.2 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Da Vinci | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 4266 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 68.2 Gbit/s | 76.8 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max. resolution | 3840x2160 pixels | 3840x2160 pixels |
| Camera | n/a | 1x320 pixels |
| Video recording | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Balong 6000 | n/a |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | n/a | Up to 4200 MB/s |
| Wi-Fi version | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
Other
| Announced | November, 2024 yr | April, 2025 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | n/a | SM8735 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 40
