HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9020 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. 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 7 Gen 3

1136

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

5114

Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

3365

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little	1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Prime) 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	12	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.6-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 920	Adreno 720
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	840 MHz	975 MHz
Execution units	2	2
Shaders	1024	512
DirectX	12
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.3	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3360x1600
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.4	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS