Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s 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 7s Gen 3
807253
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU271394430571
GPU203911551063
Memory163972212421
UX167976132317
NanoReview Score8072531326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
1178
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
3146
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression160.4 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser82.3 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.8 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur12.1 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing20.3 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection59.2 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR97.2 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.28 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 2285
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
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 810 Maleoon 920
Architecture Adreno 800 Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1050 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 256 1024
FLOPS 537.6 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 3.0 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 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 1920x1200 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

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 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2024 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM7635 n/a

Results

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

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