Quick/Comparisons
The HiSilicon Kirin 8020 takes the lead in gaming performance, thanks to its superior Maleoon 920 graphics.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 boasts slightly better battery life, with a score of 91 compared to the HiSilicon Kirin 8020's 81.
Both the HiSilicon Kirin 8020 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 support dedicated NPUs for AI workloads, making them tied in this use case.
42 | CPU Performance | 29 |
15 | Gaming Performance | 8 |
81 | Battery life |
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| SMIC | Manufacturer | Samsung |
| 7 nanometers | Process Node | 4 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Maleoon 920 | GPU Model | Adreno 613 |
| Da Vinci | NPU Performance | Yes |
| 1021894 | Apple A19 | 600942 |
| 425685 | CPU | 278077 |
| 124045 | GPU | 56493 |
| 206447 | Memory | 115639 |
| 265717 | UX | 150733 |
| 1021894 | Total score | 600942 |
| 1350 | Single-Core Score | 930 |
| 3570 | Multi-Core Score | 2210 |
| 155.7 MB/sec | Asset compression | — |
| 101.3 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | — |
| 117.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | — |
| 60.2 images/sec | Image detection | — |
| 95.4 Mpixels/sec | HDR | — |
| 11.9 images/sec | Background blur | — |
| 34.7 images/sec | Photo processing | — |
| 4.78 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | — |
| — | Samples | — |
| 2393 | Compute Score (GPU) | — |
| 3.66 images/sec | Background blur | — |
| 1.76 images/sec | Face detection | — |
| 0.13 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | — |
| 0.19 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | — |
| 0.13 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | — |
| 0.02 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | — |
| 10.7 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | — |
| 299.5 FPS | Particle physics | — |
| Vulkan | API | — |
| Less than 3 | Samples | — |
| 504 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | — |
| 504 | Score | — |
| — | Stability | — |
| 4 FPS | Graphics test | — |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| — | Score | — |
| — | Graphics test | — |
| — | Section 1 | — |
| — | Section 2 | — |
| — | Section 3 | — |
| 1x 2.285 GHz – 3x 2.05 GHz – 4x 1.3 GHz – | Architecture | 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 2285 MHz | Frequency | 2300 MHz |
| ARMv8-A | Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A |
| — | L1 cache | — |
| — | L2 cache | — |
| 7 nanometers | Process | 4 nanometers |
| SMIC | Manufacturing | Samsung |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5 |
| 4266 MHz | Memory frequency | 3200 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 2x 16 Bit |
| 68.2 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gb/s |
| 16 GB | Max size | 8 GB |
| — | Modem | Snapdragon X61 |
| — | 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| — | Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| — | Upload speed | Up to 900 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 5 |
| 5.4 | Bluetooth | 5.1 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| UFS 4.0 | Storage type | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 |
| — | Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS | Video capture | 1K at 60FPS |
| 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS | Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Da Vinci | Neural processor (NPU) | Yes |
| May 2025 | Announced | December 2025 |
| Mid range | Class | Low end |
| — | Model number | SM4450-AF |
| Maleoon 920 | GPU name | Adreno 613 |
| Maleoon | Architecture | Adreno 600 |
| 840 MHz | GPU frequency | 955 MHz |
| 4 | Pipelines | 1 |
| 256 | Shading units | 128 |
| 1024 | Total shaders | 128 |
| 860.2 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 244.5 Gigaflops |