HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4). 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 820 5G

387656

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 820 5G

640

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

3174

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 820 5G

2436

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

9781

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55	6x 3.53 GHz – Phoenix M (Oryon)
Number of cores	8	6
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	3 nm
TDP	6 Watt	8.2 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	5333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G57 MP6	Adreno 830
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Qualcomm Adreno 800
GPU frequency	850 MHz	1100 MHz
Execution units	6	3
Shaders	96	1536
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.1	3.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2540
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	8K@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.6 Gbps	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.1	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS