HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs MediaTek Helio G81

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9020 with MediaTek Helio G81. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

1598

Helio G81

419

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

5114

Helio G81

1387

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little	6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	12	6
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	12 nm
TDP		5 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 920	Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	840 MHz	1000 MHz
Execution units	2	2
Shaders	1024	48
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.3	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	2520x1080
Max camera resolution		1x 48MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	2K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.4	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS