MediaTek Dimensity 8450 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8450, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8450 and HiSilicon Kirin 8020
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
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
1675507
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU388482430571
GPU610993551063
Memory375299212421
UX300733132317
NanoReview Score16755071326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
1617
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
6406
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression281.1 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser197.4 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering233.6 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur24 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing55.9 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection138.6 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR200.8 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.2 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3250 2285
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 7 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 MP7 Maleoon 920
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 7 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 896 1024
FLOPS 2329.6 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.2 2.0
DirectX 12 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 880 Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 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 4.0
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8450 the clear winner in this comparison.

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