Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 8020

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 and HiSilicon Kirin 8020 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2026 vs May 2025)
  • Higher Frequency: 2285 MHz (2.6 GHz vs 2285 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
May 2026
Launch Date
May 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
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Manufacturing
SMIC
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Model Name
Kirin 8020
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
Architecture
1x 2.285 GHz, 3x 2.05 GHz, 4x 1.3 GHz
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
2.6 GHz
Frequency
2285 MHz

GPU Specifications

Qualcomm Adreno GPU
GPU name
Maleoon 920
-
GPU frequency
840 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7203 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
OpenCL 2.0 FP
OpenCL version
2.0
Vulkan 1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
FHD+ at 144 Hz
Max display resolution
-
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

5G/4G DSDA
4G support
-
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
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Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
64-bit
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
Kirin 8020
1377 +17%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501 +0%
Kirin 8020
3499
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1012134
Kirin 8020
1146138 +13%