HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: May 2025 (May 2025 vs October 2023)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (2285 MHz vs 3300 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2025
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 8020
Model Name
SM8650-AB
1x 2.285 GHz – 3x 2.05 GHz – 4x 1.3 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2285 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 920
GPU name
Adreno 750
840 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
1.7203 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
-
-
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 8020
1377
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +59%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 8020
3499
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +102%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 8020
988298
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536 +96%