Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs December 2024)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
September 2025
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
SM8850
Model Name
Kirin 9020
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
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
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Maleoon 920
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
-
Execution units
4
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
16 MB
L3 cache
10 MB
-
L2 Cache
5 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+128%
Kirin 9020
1648
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+133%
Kirin 9020
5420
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+238%
Kirin 9020
1236035
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
10517
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