Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
vs
HiSilicon Kirin 9020

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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: 4320 MHz (4320 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (October 2024 vs December 2024)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
HiSilicon
October 2024
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
SMIC
SM8750-AB
Model Name
Kirin 9020
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon
Architecture
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
4320 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 830
GPU name
Maleoon 920
1100 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
3.744 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
Execution units
4
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
On-Device Display Support: • 4K(3840×2160) @ 60 Hz • QHD+ @ 240 Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

10
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
5300 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

24 MB
L2 Cache
5 MB
-
L3 cache
10 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K video capture @ 120 FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
8K HDR video playback @ 60 FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9 (64-бит)
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3301 +100%
Kirin 9020
1648
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite
9848 +82%
Kirin 9020
5420
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3008864 +143%
Kirin 9020
1236035

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor GT Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
2661
Huawei Pura 80 Pro+ / Ultra
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
452
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Redmagic Tablet 3 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
26892
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2025)
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
10517