Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 8020

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and HiSilicon Kirin 8020 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (6 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2800 MHz (2800 MHz vs 2285 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2025 (March 2023 vs May 2025)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
March 2023
Launch Date
May 2025
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
SM6225-AD
Model Name
Kirin 8020
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
1x 2.285 GHz, 3x 2.05 GHz, 4x 1.3 GHz
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
7 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
2285 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 610
GPU name
Maleoon 920
950 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
0.2432 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7203 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
1
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 390 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 13
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.4
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 4.0
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon 686
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 685
475
Kirin 8020
1377 +190%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 685
1517
Kirin 8020
3499 +131%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 685
354293
Kirin 8020
988298 +179%
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 685
476175
Kirin 8020
1146138 +141%