Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 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 6s Gen 3
453329
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1294877
CPU147463351356
GPU87617288768
Memory92706443211
UX125543211533
NanoReview Score4533291294877
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
940
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
2115
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
File Compression107 MB/s203.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser56.7 pages/s144.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering82.5 MP/sec162.6 MP/sec
Background Blur5.26 frames/s16.1 frames/s
Photo Processing22.3 frames/s51.8 frames/s
Image Detection42.4 frames/s91.2 frames/s
HDR66.7 MP/sec138.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.88 MP/sec6.36 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 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 2300 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
Power (TDP) 4 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 619 Maleoon 920
Architecture Adreno 600 Maleoon
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 256 1024
FLOPS 460.8 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 LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 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 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
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X51 Balong 6000
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1500 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 June, 2024 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6375-AC n/a

Results

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

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