Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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

Compared fields 37
Different values 35
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little 4x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 12 8
Clock speed 2500 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 6 nanometers

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
GPU Maleoon 920 Adreno 610
GPU architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU clock 840 MHz 1260 MHz
Shaders 512 128
FLOPS 1720.3 Gigaflops 319.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Hexagon 686

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
4G Not available LTE Cat. 13
5G Yes No
Download speed Not available Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 5
Bluetooth 5.4 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Release November 2024 March 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number Not available SM6225-AD
Storage support UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2
Devices in database Not available 9
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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

4G
Oppo Reno12 FS 4G
Oppo

Oppo Reno12 FS 4G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
4G
Oppo Reno12 F 4G
Oppo

Oppo Reno12 F 4G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
Honor Pad X9a WiFi
Honor

Honor Pad X9a WiFi

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1504 × 2508 pix…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 8300 mAh
4G
Honor Pad X9a
Honor

Honor Pad X9a

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1504 × 2508 pix…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 8300 mAh
4G
Honor X8c
Honor

Honor X8c

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
Honor Pad X9 Pro
Honor

Honor Pad X9 Pro

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1200 × 2000 pix…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 8300 mAh
4G
Honor X7c 4G
Honor

Honor X7c 4G

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1610 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6000 mAh
Honor Pad X9
Honor

Honor Pad X9

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1200 × 2000 pix…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7250 mAh