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Mobile processor comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 9020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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

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Compared fields 42
Different values 34
Quick factual highlights
HiSilicon Kirin 9020
  • More CPU cores
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz - TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz - TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz - Taishan-Little 1x 2.84 GHz - Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)3x 2.42 GHz - Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
CPU cores 12 8
Clock speed 2500 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.4-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
TDP Not available 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
L1 cache Not available 512 KB
L2 cache Not available 1 MB
L3 cache Not available 4 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
GPU Maleoon 920 Adreno 660
GPU architecture Maleoon Adreno 600
GPU clock 840 MHz 840 MHz
Execution units Not available 2
Shaders 512 512
FLOPS 1720.3 Gigaflops 1720 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Hexagon 780

Display and media

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
4G Not available LTE Cat. 22
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Not available Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationHiSilicon Kirin 9020Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Release November 2024 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available SM8350
Storage support UFS 4.0 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Devices in database Not available 51
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 888

5G eSIM
Samsung W22 5G
Samsung

Samsung W22 5G

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1768 × 220…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
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PDF manual 5G eSIM
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1768 × 220…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
View details PDF
PDF manual 5G eSIM
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3

3.3
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 264…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh
View details PDF
5G
Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch
Huawei

Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch

3.7
Tablet
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pixels…
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 8300 mAh
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