Kirin 8020
HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
Qualcomm
Launch Date
May 2025
November 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
SMIC
TSMC
Model Name
Kirin 8020
SM8550-AB
Architecture
1x 2.285 GHz –
3x 2.05 GHz –
4x 1.3 GHz –
3x 2.05 GHz –
4x 1.3 GHz –
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2285 MHz
3200 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Maleoon 920
Adreno 740
GPU frequency
840 MHz
680 MHz
Max display resolution
-
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.7203 TFLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
Execution units
-
2
Shading units
512
1280
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.1
DirectX version
12
12.1
Connectivity
Download speed
-
Up to 10000 Mbps
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.4
5.3
Wi-Fi
7
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
-
1 MB
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP
Storage type
UFS 4.0
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.265
- VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
Hexagon
TDP
-
6.3 W
Advantages
Kirin 8020
- Newer Launch Date: May 2025 (May 2025 vs November 2022)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2285 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 8020
1336
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+49%
1993
Multi Core
Kirin 8020
3606
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+48%
5328
FP32 (float)
Kirin 8020
1703
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+98%
3377
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 8020
978609
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+60%
1568165
AntuTu 11
Kirin 8020
1146138
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+53%
1757044
SiliconCat Rating
74
Ranks 74 among all SOC on our website
47
Ranks 47 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
