HiSilicon Kirin 8020 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to HiSilicon Kirin 8020 (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 44)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 46)
HiSilicon Kirin 8020
HiSilicon

HiSilicon Kirin 8020

44/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 44.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 46.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 4 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Da Vinci Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 510762 1112833
GPU 139259 1494722
Memory 243962 442350
Total score 1146138 3950082
UX 252155 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.285 GHz –3x 2.05 GHz –4x 1.3 GHz – 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2285 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing SMIC TSMC
Process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Download speed — Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem — Snapdragon X85
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 155.7 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 11.9 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 1.76 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.13 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 95.4 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 101.3 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 60.2 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 117.6 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 299.5 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 34.7 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.78 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 10.7 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12 12.1
FLOPS 860.2 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 840 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 4 3
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 1024 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced May 2025 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number — SM8850-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.2 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2540

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-06-15(Huwi_hype) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-16(S_Bass) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-26(diesel532) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-09(胡一叮) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-11(yang) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Huawei Nova 14 Ultra 1156650 —
2.Huawei nova 16z 1146138 —
3.Huawei Nova 15 1033121 —
4.Huawei Nova 14 Pro 1021894 —
Phones with Kirin 8020 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification HiSilicon Kirin 8020 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

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