Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 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 3
626536
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU212110430571
GPU120714551063
Memory141171212421
UX152541132317
NanoReview Score6265361326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
1017
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
2910
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression158.7 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser71.4 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering106.8 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur9.48 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing27.8 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection57.3 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR92.6 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.03 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 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 2400 2285
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 5 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 940 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 256 1024
FLOPS 481.3 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 Hexagon Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 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, 2024 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM6475-AB n/a

Results

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

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