Samsung Exynos 1480 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 1480, vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 1480 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
Samsung Exynos 1480
723293
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1326372
CPU227818430571
GPU166248551063
Memory150386212421
UX178841132317
NanoReview Score7232931326372
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 1480
3898
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
n/a
Graphics Test23 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 1480
1168
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
1350
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 1480
3503
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
3570
File Compression176.8 MB/s155.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser89.8 pages/s101.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering149.2 MP/sec117.6 MP/sec
Background Blur13.5 frames/s11.9 frames/s
Photo Processing32.7 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Image Detection67.2 frames/s60.2 frames/s
HDR113.8 MP/sec95.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.92 MP/sec4.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.285 GHz –
- 3x 2.05 GHz –
- 4x 1.3 GHz –
Process Samsung SMIC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2750 2285
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Samsung Xclipse 530 Maleoon 920
Architecture Titan (RDNA 2) Maleoon
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 1 4
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 128 1024
FLOPS 332.8 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 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 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 3.1
UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
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

4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5100 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1280 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr May, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename S5E8845 n/a

Results

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

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