Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 9020

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
2x 2.5 GHz – TaiShan V1216x 2.15 GHz – TaiShan V1204x 1.6 GHz – Taishan-Little
Frequency
3800 MHz
2500 MHz
Cores
8
12
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
L2 cache
-
5 MB
L3 cache
-
10 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 829
Maleoon 920
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
840 MHz
Shading units
512
512
Vulkan version
1.4
1.3
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
12
Execution units
-
4

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gb/s
68.2 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
Da Vinci

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
3840 x 2160
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

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 4600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
6.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Nov 2025
Nov 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8845
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Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
1,248,520
Geekbench 6
2,749
1,603
Geekbench 6
9,860
5,129
FP32 (float)
2,457
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