Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
1x 2.285 GHz –3x 2.05 GHz –4x 1.3 GHz –
Frequency
1800 MHz
2285 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
14 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
SMIC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 509
Maleoon 920
GPU frequency
720 MHz
840 MHz
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
1.0
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
5.3 Gbit/s
68.2 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
-
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
-
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 13
-
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Oct 2017
May 2025
Class
Mid range
Mid range
Model number
SDM636
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Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Da Vinci

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
220,696
968,920
Geekbench 6
295
-
Geekbench 6
1,088
-
FP32 (float)
184
1,720