Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
561563
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU180456430571
GPU97620551063
Memory148206212421
UX135281132317
NanoReview Score5615631326372
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2367
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
n/a
Graphics Test14 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
943
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2748
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression150.2 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser65.8 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering91.8 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur9.69 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing23.2 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection53 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR90.3 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.13 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process Samsung SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2200 2285
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-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 Adreno 710 Maleoon 920
Architecture Adreno 700 Maleoon
GPU Frequency 676 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 256 1024
FLOPS 346.1 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 22 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2022 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6450 n/a

Results

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

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