HiSilicon Kirin 8020
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (2285 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (May 2025 vs November 2025)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2025
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 8020
Model Name
SM8845
1x 2.285 GHz, 3x 2.05 GHz, 4x 1.3 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2285 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 920
GPU name
Adreno 840
840 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1.7203 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
512
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.4
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
12
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
6.0
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

- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
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Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 8020
1377
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804 +104%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 8020
3499
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057 +187%