Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 820
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A763x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A764x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4610 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
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L2 cache
24 MB
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L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
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TDP
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5 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Mali-G57 MP6
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
850 MHz
Shading units
512
64
Execution units
-
6
Vulkan version
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1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
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12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
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2133 MHz
Max bandwidth
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31.78 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 2.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
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Yes
Max display resolution
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3360 x 1440
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Download speed
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Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed
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Up to 200 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Mar 2020
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
SM8850
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📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
498,005
Geekbench 6
3,834
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Geekbench 6
12,396
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FP32 (float)
3,686
652