Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
and
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
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)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3300 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (October 2023 vs December 2024)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
October 2023
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
Kirin 9020
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
3300 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 750
GPU name
Maleoon 920
770 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
-
Execution units
4
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
5 MB
-
L3 cache
10 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
+33%
Kirin 9020
1648
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+31%
Kirin 9020
5420
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+56%
Kirin 9020
1236035
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2345563
+70%
Kirin 9020
1383793
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Redmagic 9S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1840
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Lenovo Legion Y700 (2025)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
25201
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
10517
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