HiSilicon Kirin 980 vs HiSilicon Kirin 8020

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A762x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 2.285 GHz –3x 2.05 GHz –4x 1.3 GHz –
Frequency
2600 MHz
2285 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
L3 cache
0
-
Process
7 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
6.9
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G76 MP10
Maleoon 920
GPU frequency
720 MHz
840 MHz
Execution units
10
-
Shading units
36
512
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
68.2 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3120 x 1440
-
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
-
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, VP9
- H.264- H.265- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 21
-
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1400 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 200 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Aug 2018
May 2025
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Da Vinci

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
583,410
968,920
Geekbench 6
835
-
Geekbench 6
2,132
-
FP32 (float)
518
1,720