Kirin 8020
HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
Qualcomm
Launch Date
May 2025
August 2025
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SmartPhone Mid range
Manufacturing
SMIC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 8020
SM7635-AC
Architecture
1x 2.285 GHz –
3x 2.05 GHz –
4x 1.3 GHz –
3x 2.05 GHz –
4x 1.3 GHz –
1x 2.7 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2285 MHz
2700 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Maleoon 920
Adreno 810
GPU frequency
840 MHz
-
Max display resolution
-
2900 x 1300
FLOPS
1.7203 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
128
OpenCL version
2.0
3.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
DirectX version
12
12.1
Connectivity
Download speed
-
Up to 2900 Mbps
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.4
5.4
Wi-Fi
7
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP
Storage type
UFS 4.0
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.265
- VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
Yes
Advantages
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2700 MHz (2285 MHz vs 2700 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: August 2025 (May 2025 vs August 2025)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 8020
+11%
1336
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1202
Multi Core
Kirin 8020
+8%
3606
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
3347
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 8020
+13%
978609
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
865998
AntuTu 11
Kirin 8020
+10%
1146138
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1041898
SiliconCat Rating
74
Ranks 74 among all SOC on our website
84
Ranks 84 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
