Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

SOC Specs Compare

S

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm
S

HiSilicon Kirin 9020

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
2x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Frequency
4610 MHz
2500 MHz
Cores
8
12
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
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L2 cache
24 MB
5 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
10 MB
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 840
Maleoon 920
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
840 MHz
Shading units
512
512
Execution units
-
4
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
4266 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
68.2 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
Da Vinci

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 4.0
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
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Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
- H.264- H.265- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Da Vinci
Max display resolution
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3840 x 2160

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
6.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Download speed
-
Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 2500 Mbps

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Nov 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8850
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
1,248,520
Geekbench 6
3,834
1,603
Geekbench 6
12,396
5,129
FP32 (float)
3,686
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