HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 9020, vs Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
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
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1299948
CPU351356351855
GPU288768487080
Memory443211213520
UX211533247493
NanoReview Score12948771299948
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
7655
Stabilityn/a46 %
Graphics Testn/a45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1767
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
4591
File Compression203.6 MB/s195.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser144.6 pages/s118.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering162.6 MP/sec175.1 MP/sec
Background Blur16.1 frames/s16.5 frames/s
Photo Processing51.8 frames/s34 frames/s
Image Detection91.2 frames/s117.5 frames/s
HDR138.7 MP/sec146.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing6.36 MP/sec5.31 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 89 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 47 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 114 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
- 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Process SMIC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 3200
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 10 MB 6 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
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 730
Architecture Maleoon Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 900 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 1024 1024
FLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS 1843.2 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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 Snapdragon X65
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8475

Results

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