HiSilicon Kirin 9020
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
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 (2500 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (December 2024 vs November 2025)
Basic
HiSilicon
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2024
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SMIC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Kirin 9020
Model Name
SM8845
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
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
GPU Specifications
Maleoon 920
GPU name
Adreno 840
840 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
Shading units
512
4
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
6.0
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
5 MB
L2 Cache
-
10 MB
L3 cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
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 9020
1648
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
+70%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9020
5420
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+86%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
10517
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388
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