HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 636. 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
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 260 Gold)
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 260 Silver)
Number of cores 8 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing Ascend D110 Lite, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 12 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1333 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G57 MP6 Adreno 509
GPU Architecture Valhall Adreno 500
GPU frequency 850 MHz 720 MHz
Execution units 6 1
Shaders 96 128
DirectX 12 12
OpenCL API 2.1 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2 ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 1920x1200
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@30fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.6 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.2 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 March 2017 Quarter 4
Partnumber SDM636
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Mid-end Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
Kirin 820 5G
387656
Snapdragon 636
174837

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
Kirin 820 5G
640
Snapdragon 636
274

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Kirin 820 5G
2436
Snapdragon 636
1129