HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 460 Gold) 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 460 Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	8 nm
TDP	6 Watt	3 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture	Qualcomm Hexagon 686

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G57 MP6	Adreno 619
GPU Architecture	Valhall	Adreno 600
GPU frequency	850 MHz	950 MHz
Execution units	6	2
Shaders	96	128
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.1	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 64MP, 1x 25MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	FullHD@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.6 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	0.66 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.1	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS