Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs MediaTek Helio G81

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

Compared fields 33
Different values 29
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
MediaTek Helio G81
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Helio G81
Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 12 8
Clock speed 2500 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP Not available 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Helio G81
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Helio G81
GPU Maleoon 920 Mali-G52 MP2
GPU architecture Maleoon Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU clock 840 MHz 950 MHz
Shaders 512 24
FLOPS 1720.3 Gigaflops 91.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Yes

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Helio G81
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Helio G81
5G Yes No
Wi-Fi 7 5
Bluetooth 5.4 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020MediaTek Helio G81
Release November 2024 August 2024
Class Flagship Low end
Storage support UFS 4.0 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

HiSilicon Kirin 9020

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

MediaTek Helio G81

4G
Motorola Moto G15 Power
Motorola

Motorola Moto G15 Power

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6000 mAh
4G
Motorola Moto G05
Motorola

Motorola Moto G05

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, (6.67 inches)
RAM
4 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
4G
Motorola Moto E15
Motorola

Motorola Moto E15

3.3
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1604 pixel…
RAM
2 GB
Storage
64 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
4G
Motorola Moto G15
Motorola

Motorola Moto G15

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
4 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
4G
Realme C75x
Realme

Realme C75x

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1604 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5600 mAh
4G
Redmi 14C China
Redmi

Redmi 14C China

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1640 pixe…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5160 mAh
4G
Redmi 14C
Redmi

Redmi 14C

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1640 pixe…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5160 mAh
4G
POCO C75
POCO

POCO C75

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1640 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5160 mAh