Mobile processor comparison

Google Tensor G4 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 32
Different values 23
Quick factual highlights
Google Tensor G4
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G4HiSilicon Kirin 9020
Architecture 1x 3.1 GHz - Cortex-X43x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.92 GHz - Cortex-A520 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little
CPU cores 8 12
Clock speed 3100 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers

Cache and memory

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G4HiSilicon Kirin 9020
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 64 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G4HiSilicon Kirin 9020
GPU Mali-G715 MP7 Maleoon 920
GPU architecture Valhall 4th gen Maleoon
GPU clock 940 MHz 840 MHz
Shaders 128 512
FLOPS 1792 Gigaflops 1720.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Da Vinci

Display and media

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G4HiSilicon Kirin 9020
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2400 3840 x 2160
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G4HiSilicon Kirin 9020
5G Yes Yes
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationGoogle Tensor G4HiSilicon Kirin 9020
Release August 2024 November 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Storage support UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Devices in database 3 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Google Tensor G4

5G
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Google

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2424 pixels…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4650 mAh
5G
Google Pixel 9a
Google

Google Pixel 9a

3.8
Smartphone
Display
P-OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2424 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5100 mAh
5G
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
Google

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL

3.8
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1344 × 2992 p…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5060 mAh
5G
Google Pixel 9 Pro
Google

Google Pixel 9 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1280 × 2856 p…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4700 mAh
5G
Google Pixel 9
Google

Google Pixel 9

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2424 pixels…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4700 mAh

HiSilicon Kirin 9020

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.