Kirin 9020
HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the HiSilicon Kirin 9020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
HiSilicon
Qualcomm
Launch Date
December 2024
April 2019
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
SMIC
Samsung
Model Name
Kirin 9020
SM8150-AC
Architecture
1x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
3x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan
4x 1.6 GHz – TaiShan
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
7 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
2960 MHz
Transistor count
-
6.7
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Maleoon 920
Adreno 640
GPU frequency
840 MHz
675 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
-
1.0368 TFLOPS
Execution units
4
2
Shading units
-
384
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12.1
Connectivity
Download speed
Up to 4600 Mbps
Up to 5000 Mbps
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 20
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.2
5.1
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
5 MB
1 MB
L3 cache
10 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Da Vinci
Hexagon 690
TDP
-
6 W
Advantages
Kirin 9020
- Newer Launch Date: December 2024 (December 2024 vs April 2019)
Snapdragon 860
- Higher Frequency: 2960 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2960 MHz)
AnTuTu 10
Score
Kirin 9020
+94%
1261005
Snapdragon 860
648720
Performance
CPU
Score
355420
183526
GPU
Score
281302
157300
Memory
Score
409061
128237
UX
Score
215222
179657
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Geekbench 6
Single Core
Kirin 9020
+61%
1600
Snapdragon 860
996
Multi Core
Kirin 9020
+109%
5367
Snapdragon 860
2569
SiliconCat Rating
54
Ranks 54 among all SOC on our website
124
Ranks 124 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 860
