HiSilicon Kirin 9020
vs
Samsung Exynos 1480

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and Samsung Exynos 1480 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (December 2024 vs March 2024)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2750 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2750 MHz)

Basic

HiSilicon
Label Name
Samsung
December 2024
Launch Date
March 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SMIC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Kirin 9020
Model Name
Exynos 1480
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
Architecture
4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
2750 MHz

GPU Specifications

Maleoon 920
GPU name
-
840 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
4
Execution units
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

Up to 4600 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 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
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Da Vinci
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Kirin 9020
1648 +42%
Exynos 1480
1158
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Kirin 9020
5420 +56%
Exynos 1480
3485
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9020
1236035 +72%
Exynos 1480
720068
AntuTu 11
Kirin 9020
1383793 +35%
Exynos 1480
1021736

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
Samsung Galaxy A37
Samsung Exynos 1480
481
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
10517
Samsung Galaxy A55
Samsung Exynos 1480
13186