Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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

Compared fields 39
Different values 28
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little 1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz - Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz - Cortex-A7202x 2.27 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 12 8
Clock speed 2500 MHz 3300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
L3 cache Not available 12 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 77 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
GPU Maleoon 920 Adreno 750
GPU architecture Maleoon Not available
GPU clock 840 MHz 770 MHz
Execution units Not available 2
Shaders 512 1536
FLOPS 1720.3 Gigaflops 4435.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Hexagon

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4G Not available LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.4 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Release November 2024 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available SM8650-AB
Storage support UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
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 8 Gen 3

5G
Samsung W25 Flip
Samsung

Samsung W25 Flip

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2640 p…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
5G
Samsung W25
Samsung

Samsung W25

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
Oppo Pad 3 Pro
Oppo

Oppo Pad 3 Pro

3.0
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 2120 × 3000 pix…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 9510 mAh
5G
Oppo Find X7 Ultra PHY110
Oppo

Oppo Find X7 Ultra PHY110

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3168…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Vivo iQOO 12 Pro
Vivo

Vivo iQOO 12 Pro

2.9
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz,1440 × 3200 pixel…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5100 mAh
5G
Vivo iQOO 12
Vivo

Vivo iQOO 12

2.9
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1260 × 2800 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Honor 400 Pro China
Honor

Honor 400 Pro China

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1264 × 2736 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7200 mAh