HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. 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	1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 (Kryo Prime) 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold) 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
TDP	6 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G57 MP6	Adreno 730
GPU Architecture	Valhall	Adreno 700
GPU frequency	850 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	6	3
Shaders	96	768
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		3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP	1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	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
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.1	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS