Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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 7 Gen 3
817003
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1294877
CPU263765351356
GPU261155288768
Memory137609443211
UX154474211533
NanoReview Score8170031294877
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5916
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
n/a
Graphics Test35 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1139
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
1603
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3375
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5129
File Compression164.1 MB/s203.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser92.9 pages/s144.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering120.1 MP/sec162.6 MP/sec
Background Blur12 frames/s16.1 frames/s
Photo Processing29.6 frames/s51.8 frames/s
Image Detection65.2 frames/s91.2 frames/s
HDR105.1 MP/sec138.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.38 MP/sec6.36 MP/sec

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 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V121
- 3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V120
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2630 2500
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 10 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 720 Maleoon 920
Architecture Adreno 700 Maleoon
GPU Frequency 975 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 512 1024
FLOPS 998.4 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 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 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 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 2880x1800 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X63 Balong 6000
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7550-AB n/a

Results

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

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
2 (25%)
6 (75%)
Total Votes: 8

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