HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9020 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (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 8 Elite (Gen 4)

3174

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

5114

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

9781

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little	6x 3.53 GHz – Phoenix M (Oryon)
Number of cores	12	6
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	3 nm
TDP		8.2 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	5333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 920	Adreno 830
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 800
GPU frequency	840 MHz	1100 MHz
Execution units	2	3
Shaders	1024	1536
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	3.0
Vulkan API	1.3	1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3840x2540
Max camera resolution		1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		3.5 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