HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 435

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9020 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 435. 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

Snapdragon 435

142

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

5114

Snapdragon 435

620

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little	8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	12	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors		1000 million
TDP		4 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	Qualcomm Hexagon 536

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	1x32 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 920	Adreno 505
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	840 MHz	450 MHz
Execution units	2	1
Shaders	1024	48
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.3	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	1920x1200
Max camera resolution		1x 21MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD+@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		0.1 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.4	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS