Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 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 8s Gen 4
2082208
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU475806430571
GPU881311551063
Memory390065212421
UX335026132317
NanoReview Score20822081326372
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression293.2 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur24.1 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing63.9 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection154.6 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR217.4 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.01 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process TSMC SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3210 2285
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 6 MB n/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 825 Maleoon 920
Architecture Adreno 800 Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 512 256
Total shader 1024 1024
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 4200 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8735 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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