MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 8020

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and HiSilicon Kirin 8020 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2285 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs May 2025)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
HiSilicon
January 2026
Launch Date
May 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
Kirin 8020
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
1x 2.285 GHz, 3x 2.05 GHz, 4x 1.3 GHz
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2285 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Maleoon 920
-
GPU frequency
840 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7203 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
3.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
-
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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

Miscellaneous

- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693 +23%
Kirin 8020
1377
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +97%
Kirin 8020
3499
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +139%
Kirin 8020
988298
AntuTu 11
Dimensity 8500
2120347 +85%
Kirin 8020
1146138