MediaTek Helio G36 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Helio G36, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Helio G36 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 Helio G36
141194
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU50072430571
GPU12068551063
Memory45507212421
UX33547132317
NanoReview Score1411941326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Helio G36
229
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Helio G36
842
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compressionn/a155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a101.3 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a117.6 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a11.9 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a34.7 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a60.2 frames/s
HDRn/a95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 2285
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 12 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 2.2 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model PowerVR GE8320 Maleoon 920
Architecture PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue) Maleoon
GPU Frequency 680 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 4 4
Shader Units 8 256
Total shader 32 1024
FLOPS 43.5 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1600 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 13.9 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type eMMC 5.1 UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2400x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x50 pixels n/a
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 1080p at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 7 n/a
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced February, 2023 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Low end Mid-range
Codename MT6765V/XAA, MT6765V/XBA n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 8020 the clear winner in this comparison.

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