Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and HiSilicon Kirin 9020
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 685
348982
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1294877
CPU116467351356
GPU43728288768
Memory109871443211
UX78916211533
NanoReview Score3489821294877
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
Stability99 %n/a
Graphics Test3 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
File Compression100 MB/s203.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s144.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec162.6 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s16.1 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s51.8 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s91.2 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec138.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/sec6.36 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 10 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 7 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 Maleoon 920
Architecture Adreno 600 Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 1 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 128 1024
FLOPS 322.6 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 686 Da Vinci

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 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 UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels n/a
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 Balong 6000
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 n/a
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider HiSilicon Kirin 9020 the clear winner in this comparison.

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