Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 and HiSilicon Kirin 8020 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Qualcomm
HiSilicon
Launch Date
May 2026
May 2025
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
SmartPhone Mid range
Manufacturing
-
SMIC
Model Name
Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
Kirin 8020
Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz - Kryo Performance; 6x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
1x 2.285 GHz –
3x 2.05 GHz –
4x 1.3 GHz –
3x 2.05 GHz –
4x 1.3 GHz –
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
7 nm
Frequency
2.4 GHz
2285 MHz
Instruction set
64-bit
ARMv8-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
Maleoon 920
GPU frequency
-
840 MHz
Max display resolution
FHD+ at 144 Hz; HD+ 900 x 1600 at 120 Hz
-
FLOPS
-
1.7203 TFLOPS
Shading units
-
512
OpenCL version
OpenCL 3.0
2.0
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.3
1.3
DirectX version
-
12
Connectivity
4G support
5G/4G DSDA
-
5G support
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; FDD and TDD; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; 4x4 MIMO; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; uplink up to 900 Mbps; Release 17
Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.1
5.4
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 5; 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, NavIC L1 + L5, QZSS; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LP-DDR4x
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
-
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Audio codecs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Qualcomm aptX audio
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Max camera resolution
108 MP; 32 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1 2-Lane
UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.265
- VP9
Video playback
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video capture
1080p dual video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 120 FPS; H.264 and H.265 video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Da Vinci
Advantages
Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2026 vs May 2025)
Kirin 8020
- Higher Frequency: 2285 MHz (2.4 GHz vs 2285 MHz)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
943
Kirin 8020
+42%
1336
Multi Core
Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
2410
Kirin 8020
+50%
3606
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
624021
Kirin 8020
+84%
1146138
SiliconCat Rating
136
Ranks 136 among all SOC on our website
74
Ranks 74 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 8020
