HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9020 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4. 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 4

1363

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

5114

Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

4197

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little	1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 (Kryo Prime) 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720 (Kryo Gold) 3x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A520 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	12	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9-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	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 920	Adreno 722
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	840 MHz
Execution units	2	2
Shaders	1024	512
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.3	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	2880x1800
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) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		4.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.4	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS