HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

VS

Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 9020 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 9020

Snapdragon 821

232375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

1598

Snapdragon 821

353

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 9020

5114

Snapdragon 821

857

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.5 GHz – Taishan V121 6x 2.15 GHz – Taishan V120 4x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little	4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores	12	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors		2000 million
TDP		11 Watt
Neural Processing	HUAWEI Da Vinci	Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 16 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	4266 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Maleoon 920	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Huawei Maleoon	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	840 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	2	2
Shaders	1024	256
DirectX	12	11.2
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.1
Vulkan API	1.3	1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2160	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 28MP, 2x
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed		0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed		0.15 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