HiSilicon Kirin 8020
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 March 2024)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (2285 MHz vs 3000 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2025
Launch Date
March 2024
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 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2285 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 920
GPU name
Adreno 735
840 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
1.7203 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
786
-
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
-
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
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L3 cache
8 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
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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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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TDP
6 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 8020
1377
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638 +19%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 8020
3499
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991 +14%
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 8020
988298
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775 +87%
AntuTu 11
Kirin 8020
1146138
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1797821 +57%