Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs HiSilicon Kirin 820

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, vs HiSilicon Kirin 820. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and HiSilicon Kirin 820
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 7 Gen 3
817003
HiSilicon Kirin 820
494513
CPU263765146219
GPU261155144816
Memory137609101046
UX154474102432
NanoReview Score817003494513
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5916
HiSilicon Kirin 820
n/a
Graphics Test35 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1139
HiSilicon Kirin 820
788
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3375
HiSilicon Kirin 820
1972
File Compression164.1 MB/s99.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser92.9 pages/s46.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering120.1 MP/sec65.3 MP/sec
Background Blur12 frames/s6.16 frames/s
Photo Processing29.6 frames/s17.7 frames/s
Image Detection65.2 frames/s36.4 frames/s
HDR105.1 MP/sec60.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.38 MP/sec2.86 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 41 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 27 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 48 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 33 FPS (Medium)
Device n/a Huawei Honor X10 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC n/a
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2630 2360
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 720 Mali-G57 MP6
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 975 MHz 850 MHz
Execution Units 2 6
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 512 192
FLOPS 998.4 GFLOPS 326.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 31.78 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 12 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 2.1
Max. resolution 2880x1800 pixels 3360x1440 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X63 Balong 5000
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 4600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr March, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM7550-AB n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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