Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 820 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9010

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

Compared fields 39
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 820
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed GPU clock
HiSilicon Kirin 9010
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Architecture 1x 2.36 GHz - Cortex-A763x 2.22 GHz - Cortex-A764x 1.84 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2.3 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.18 GHz - TaiShan V1214x 1.55 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores 8 12
Clock speed 2360 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP 5 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz Not available
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 31.78 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820HiSilicon Kirin 9010
GPU Mali-G57 MP6 Maleoon 910
GPU architecture Valhall Maleoon
GPU clock 850 MHz 750 MHz
Execution units 6 Not available
Shaders 96 512
FLOPS 579 Gigaflops 1536 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Da Vinci

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Maximum display resolution 3360 x 1440 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP Not available
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820HiSilicon Kirin 9010
4G LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 200 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 820HiSilicon Kirin 9010
Release March 2020 April 2024
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number Not available Hi36A0
Storage support UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Devices in database 7 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 820

4G
Huawei Nova 8 Global
Huawei

Huawei Nova 8 Global

3.4
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3800 mAh
5G
Huawei MatePad 10.4 5G
Huawei

Huawei MatePad 10.4 5G

5.0
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1200 × 2000 pixels (10.40…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 7250 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei P40 Lite 5G
Huawei

Huawei P40 Lite 5G

3.1
Smartphone
Display
LTPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Huawei Nova 7 SE
Huawei

Huawei Nova 7 SE

3.3
Smartphone
Display
LTPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
5G
Honor X10 Pro
Honor

Honor X10 Pro

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4300 mAh
5G
Honor X10
Honor

Honor X10

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4300 mAh
5G
Honor 30S
Honor

Honor 30S

3.8
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4000 mAh

HiSilicon Kirin 9010

5G
Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design
Huawei

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design

3.3
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 1008 × 2232 pixels (6…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5600 mAh
4G
Huawei Pura 70 Pro+
Huawei

Huawei Pura 70 Pro+

2.7
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2844 p…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5050 mAh
4G
Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
Huawei

Huawei Pura 70 Ultra

2.7
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2844 p…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
4G
Huawei Pura 70 Pro
Huawei

Huawei Pura 70 Pro

2.7
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1260 × 2844 p…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5050 mAh
4G
Huawei Pura 70
Huawei

Huawei Pura 70

2.7
Smartphone
Display
LTPO OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1256 × 2760 p…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4900 mAh