HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 2.285 GHz –3x 2.05 GHz –4x 1.3 GHz –
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2285 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
7 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
SMIC
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2
TDP
-
11 W
Graphics
GPU name
Maleoon 920
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
840 MHz
653 MHz
Shading units
512
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
11
Execution units
-
1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Da Vinci
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
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
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 680
Max display resolution
-
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
-
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Connectivity
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.4
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 12
Download speed
-
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Info
Announced
May 2025
Aug 2016
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
-
MSM8996 Pro-AC
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
968,920
-
FP32 (float)
1,720
334
Geekbench 6
-
391
Geekbench 6
-
797